Ajar vs Half - What's the difference?
ajar | half |
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,
Consisting of a moiety, or half (1/2, 50%).
Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
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(of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
(UK, time) Half an hour after the time given; half past.
In two equal parts or to an equal degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly
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* Nehemiah 13:24 :
One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; — sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
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# (sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 16, author=Ben Dirs, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan, work=BBC Sport
, passage=However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move.}}
Half of a standard measure; frequently used (British) for half a pint of beer or cider.
* 1968 (British), John Braine, The Crying Game , Houghton Mifflin,
* 1974 (British), James Herriot, All Things Bright and Beautiful , St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312020309,
* 2006 (British), Bill Appleton, Wide Boy , Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie, ISBN 1843862530,
The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
(obsolete) part; side; behalf
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To halve.
a half-hour after, thirty minutes after (used with the number of the hour)
As adverbs the difference between ajar and half
is that ajar is slightly turned or opened while half is in two equal parts or to an equal degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly.As adjectives the difference between ajar and half
is that ajar is slightly turned or opened while half is consisting of a moiety, or half (1/2, 50%).As verbs the difference between ajar and half
is that ajar is to turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar while half is to halve.As nouns the difference between ajar and half
is that ajar is a member of an ethnographic group of Georgians while half is one of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; — sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.As a preposition half is
a half-hour after, thirty minutes after used with the number of the hour.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
* ----half
English
Adjective
(-)- a half''' bushel''; ''a '''half''' hour''; ''a '''half''' dollar''; ''a '''half view
- a half''' dream''; '''''half knowledge
- Assumed from thence a half consent.
- A (half brother) or (half sister)
- A (half uncle) or (half aunt) or (half cousin)
- We went to bed at half ten.
Usage notes
* The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.Synonyms
* hemi-, semi-, demi-Derived terms
* half ape * half back * half bent * half binding * half boarder * half-breadth plan * half brother * half cadence * half cap * half cock * half cocked * half hitch * half hose * half-life * Half Life * half measure * half-moon * half note * half page * half pay * half price * half round * half shift * half sister * half step * half tide * half time * half tint * half truth * half yearAdverb
(-)- half'''-colored''; '''''half''' done''; '''''half'''-hearted''; '''''half''' persuaded''; '''''half conscious
- Half' loth and ' half consenting.
- Their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod.
Noun
(halves)- You don't know the half of it.
- Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
- A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us
citation
p. 11,
- He came back with a pint of Guinness for me and a half of bitter for Wendy.
- I accepted a half of bitter from him.
p. 168,
- I went to the bar where I bought a pint and two large brandies. ... "Not brandy," she replied, "but I could use a long drink - maybe a half of lager."
- Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half .
- The four halves of the house
Synonyms
*Derived terms
* better half * by halves * cry halves * go halves * half a loaf is better than none * half and half * in half * in one's half * know the half of * not half * not half bad * other half * too clever by halfVerb
Preposition
(English prepositions)- half one — half past one, 1:30