Advanced vs Ripe - What's the difference?
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(advance)
(senseid)At or close to the state of the art.
Enhanced.
Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
* Hawthorne
In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
(phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
* Milton
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, title= Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
(figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
* Shakespeare
(archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
* Addison
* Burke
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Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-book, year=1981, author=Daniel Curzon, title=Human Warmth & Other Stories, isbn=0912516542
passage=He looked back once at the waving hands, the mother's glowing, ripe cheeks.}}
(obsolete) Intoxicated.
* 1611, (William Shakespeare), , Act V, Scene 1,
(legal) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
* {{quote-book, year=2004, author=Kenneth F. Warren, title=Administrative Law in the Political System, isbn=0813341167
passage=Problems emerge in judging whether a case is ripe , however, when contested general agency directives are issued that are not aimed at specific parties.}}
Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
* {{quote-book, year=2004, author=Colum McCann, title=Fishing the Sloe-Black River, isbn=0312423381
, passage=Dolores, giving her a bath yesterday, said she was a bit ripe under the armpits.}}
(agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
* {{quote-book, year=1993, page=76, author=Paul J. Dosal, title=Doing Business with the Dictators, isbn=0842024395
, passage=When he realized that the ripes would not make it back to Selma, Zemurray offered a free bunch of bananas to any telegraph operator who notified local grocers that he was coming through with a shipment of bananas.}}
To ripen or mature
* 1594 , , Act II Scene VIII,
As verbs the difference between advanced and ripe
is that advanced is (advance) while ripe is .As an adjective advanced
is (senseid)at or close to the state of the art.advanced
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles
Synonyms
* progressive, professional, sophisticatedDerived terms
* advanced degree * advanced greenSee also
* cutting edge * groundbreakingripe
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Related to (l).Adjective
(er)- So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop / Into thy mother's lap.
David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
- He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.
- while things were just ripe for a war
- I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.
- Those happy smilets, / That played on her ripe lip.
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- Alonso: And Trinculo is reeling-ripe : where should they / Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them? / How cam'st thou in this pickle?
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Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* unripeDerived terms
* ripenessNoun
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Verb
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