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Airtight vs Intact - What's the difference?

airtight | intact |

As adjectives the difference between airtight and intact

is that airtight is being impermeable to air or other gases while intact is untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; whole; undefiled; left complete or entire; not damaged.

airtight

English

Alternative forms

* air-tight * air tight

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being impermeable to air or other gases.
  • (figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws.
    • We have an airtight argument they won’t be able to punch holes in.
  • (figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted.
  • * 1908 , The Plumbers Trade Journal , Plumbers’ Trade Journal Publishing Company, volume 44:
    • when Roger asked for $100 to take the preliminary steps to establish his claim, Mike yelled like a Hebrew auctioneer, for he was air-tight and squeezed a dollar until the woman on it yelled.
  • * 1915 April, Annals of Iowa , Historical Department of Iowa, series 3, volume 12, page 599:
    • He was ‘air-tight ,’ close-mouthed, and had but few confidants or intimate friends, but numerous acquaintances.

    Synonyms

    * (impermeable to air) hermetic

    Derived terms

    * airtighten * airtightness

    Related terms

    * watertight

    intact

    English

    Adjective

  • Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; whole; undefiled; left complete or entire; not damaged.
    • I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact , particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it. }}
  • Uncircumcised; commonly used to describe a penis with a foreskin in intactivism.
    • The opposite of a circumcised penis is an intact penis.

    Synonyms

    *(uncircumcised) see also .