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Alt vs Aft - What's the difference?

alt | aft |

As a noun alt

is a modifier key.

alt

English

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • A state of excitement, conveyed by a high-pitched voice.
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  • * {{quote-book, title=The Marrying Maid, author=, page=50, in=Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love, year=2011, passage=
  • That lady was in alt at Loxsleigh's high station and had spent the morning making inquiries of her friends, which also allowed her to spread the word about her interesting new acquaintance. citation
  • (knitting)
  • (music)
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  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet, multi-user dungeon) One of a player's alternate or secondary characters.
  • * 1996 , "Jonobie D. Baker", Survey of MUSHers.'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.tiny )
  • Of these alts , how many of them are a gender other than your own?
  • * 2000 , "KaVir", Code Bases - why release buggy crap?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.mud )
  • Yes, I have many alts , and no, none of the others have any unusual capitalisation.

    Anagrams

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    aft

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nautical) The stern portion of a vessel.
  • Adverb

    (further)
  • (nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
  • Synonyms

    * abaft, astern

    Antonyms

    * fore, forward

    See also

    * after, fore-and-aft