Affair vs Decent - What's the difference?
affair | decent |
That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; — often in the plural.
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Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
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(lb) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
A material object (vaguely designated).
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*:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair , evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
*{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
, title= An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur ).
(obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
Fair; good enough; okay.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword Significant; substantial.
(obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
* A sable stole of cyprus lawn / Over thy decent shoulders drawn — Milton.
As a noun affair
is that which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; — often in the plural.As an adjective decent is
decent (sufficiently clothed).affair
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Noun
(en noun)The Three Corpse Trick, section=chapter 5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}
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*Anagrams
*decent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}