Ajar vs Agape - What's the difference?
ajar | agape | Synonyms |
Slightly turned or opened.
Slightly turned or opened.
To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
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(label) Out of harmony.
Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.14:
To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
* 1907 , The English Illustrated Magazine , Volume 36,
Being in a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
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In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
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open wide.
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(Christianity) the love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.
spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others.
a love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the eucharist.
Agape is a synonym of ajar.
As adverbs the difference between ajar and agape
is that ajar is slightly turned or opened while agape is in a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention.As adjectives the difference between ajar and agape
is that ajar is slightly turned or opened while agape is being in a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.As nouns the difference between ajar and agape
is that ajar is a member of an ethnographic group of Georgians while agape is the love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.As a verb ajar
is to turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.ajar
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ajar, . See char.Adverb
(-)- The door was standing ajar.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The door is ajar.
- When is a door not a door? When it is ajar .
- The pantry door was ajar , so I opened it and took out the jamb.
Verb
(ajarr)- A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.
- Yes, and the door also lops off stairs leading to a landing on whose landing is another door on whose hinges much of this story ajars , if it hasn't jarred too much already.
- Just as the gates fully ajarred themselves, the Lamborghini soared through them, and out into the freedom of the poorly defined road.
Etymology 2
Adverb
(-)- There is a sort of unexpressed concern, / A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar [...].
Verb
- It clean deafened the two of us, and set all the crockery ware ajarring ; and when the neighbours heard it they came running into the street to see who was getting hurt.
Anagrams
* ----agape
English
Etymology 1
* . First known use by (1667).Adjective
(en adjective)- With his mouth agape and his hands clenched, Rufus Dawes, incapable of further speech, made a last effort to nod assent, but his head fell upon his breast; the next moment, the flickering light, the gloomy prison, the eager face of the doctor, and the astonished face of Vickers, vanished from before his straining eyes.
- If the slightly agape mouth is closed prior to mouth opening, this is termed the preparatory phase and is more common in suction-feeding bony fishes than elasmobranchs.
Usage notes
* Almost always used after a noun or noun phrase it modifies.Synonyms
* (being in a state of astonishment) dumbstruck, agog * (open wide) ajar, open, agogAdverb
(en adverb)- The bathroom door stood agape , and the peeling vinyl floor was bare.
- He glanced up into Richard's eyes, his own wide with wonder, his mouth hanging agape .