Army vs Sad - What's the difference?
army | sad |
A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
# Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
# (often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).
The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
(figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
(figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
(figuratively) Any multitude.
(label) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
(label) Steadfast, valiant.
*, Book V:
*:And thus they strekyn forth into the stremys, many sadde hunderthes.
(label) Dignified, serious, grave.
*, II.xi:
*:Vprose Sir Guyon, in bright armour clad, / And to his purposd iourney him prepar'd: / With him the Palmer eke in habit sad , / Him selfe addrest to that aduenture hard
*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:ripe and sad courage
* (1467-1533)
*:which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties
(label) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
*(Isaac Taylor) (1787–1865)
*:Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.
(label) Emotionally negative.
#Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
#*1646 , (Thomas Browne), Pseudodoxia Epidemica , II.5:
#*:this is either used crude, and called Sulphur Vive, and is of a sadder colour; or after depuration, such as we have in magdeleons of rolls, of a lighter yellow.
#*(Izaak Walton) (c.1594-1683)
#*:sad -coloured clothes
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#*:Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colours.
#Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
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#*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
#*:First were we sad , fearing you would not come; / Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.
#*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
#*:The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad .
#Appearing sorrowful.
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#Causing sorrow; lamentable.
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#*:The Great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, / For all their wars are merry and all their songs are sad .
#*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=20 #Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
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#*1819 , (Lord Byron), , II.127:
#*:Heaven knows what cash he got, or blood he spilt, / A sad old fellow was he, if you please.
(label) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
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(label) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
(label) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
:sad bread
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:his hand, more sad than lump of lead
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*:Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad .
As a proper noun army
is a sports team representing the.As a noun sad is
grain; harvested seeds.army
English
(wikipedia army)Noun
(armies)- The army was sent in to quell the uprising.
- The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
- The Fourth Army''' suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second '''Army , also deployed on the Western front.
- The army opposed the legislature's involvement.
- It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
- Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.
- On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.
Synonyms
* host * *Derived terms
() * army ant * army base * army boots * army group * army surplus * Swiss Army Knife, Swiss Army Penknife * * bonsai armySee also
* Navy * Air Force * MarinesStatistics
*sad
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Adjective
(sadder)John Mortimer(1656?-1736)
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John Mortimer(1656?-1736)