Ajar vs Askew - What's the difference?
ajar | askew |
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.
* 1970 , John H. Evans, Mercer County law journal , Volume 10,
* 1977 , Bill Reed, Dogod ,
* 2007 , Loki, Shard of the Ancient ,
(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,
As adverbs the difference between ajar and askew
is that ajar is slightly turned or opened while askew is tilted to one side.As adjectives the difference between ajar and askew
is that ajar is slightly turned or opened while askew is turned or twisted to one side.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.As a noun Ajar
is a member of an ethnographic group of Georgians.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.
