What is the difference between aside and side?
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To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
* Bible, 2 (w) iv. 4
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
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*:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
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An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.
(theatre) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.
A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
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A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
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One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
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, title= A region in a specified position with respect to something.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
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One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.
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One set of competitors in a game.
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A sports team.
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*:Initially, the English, Welsh, Scots and Irish unions refused to send national sides', preferring instead to send touring ' sides like the Barbarians, the Penguins, the Co-Optimists, the Wolfhounds, Crawshays Welsh, and the Public School Wanderers.
A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
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* Landor
*:We have not always been of thesame side in politics.
* Alexander Pope
*:sets the passions on the side of truth
Sidespin; english
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A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (lb).
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A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
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A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
* Milton
*:To sit upon thy father David's throne, / By mother's side thy father.
To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
* 1597 , Francis Bacon, Essays – "Of Great Place":
* Alexander Pope
* 1958 , Archer Fullingim, The Kountze [Texas] News, August 28, 1958 :
To lean on one side.
(obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
(shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
To furnish with a siding.
Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
* Dryden
Indirect; oblique; incidental.
* Hooker
Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
* Laneham
(Scotland) Far; distant.
Side is a derived term of aside.
As adverbs the difference between aside and side
is that aside is to or on one side so as to be out of the way while side is widely; wide; far.As nouns the difference between aside and side
is that aside is an incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity while side is a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.As a verb side is
to ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with.As an adjective side is
being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.As a proper noun Side is
an ancient city on a small peninsula on the Mediterranean coast of Anatolia, settled by Greeks from Cyme.aside
English
Adverb
(-)- Thou shalt set aside that which is full.
- But soft! but soft! aside : here comes the king.
- The flames were blown aside .
Derived terms
* aside from * put aside * set aside * step asidePostposition
(head)- Joking aside .
- Unusual circumstances aside .
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Derived terms
* all kidding asideNoun
(en noun)Anagrams
* * * * * ----side
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) side, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side , and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
Valencia 1-1 Chelsea, passage=It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.}}
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Synonyms
* (bounding straight edge of an object) edge * (flat surface of an object) face * (left or right half) half * (surface of a sheet of paper) page * (region in a specified position with respect to something) * (one possible aspect of a concept) * (set of opponents in a game) team * (group having a particular allegiance in a war) * (television channel) channel, station (US)Derived terms
* * aside * countryside * driverside * five-a-side * guide on the side * hillside * inside * mountainside * offside * other side * outside * quayside * riverside * roadside * seaside * sideband * sideboard * sideburn, sideburns * side by side * sidecar * side dish * side effect * side issue * sidekick * sidelight * sideline * sidelong * side on * side-saddle, sidesaddle * side scroller * side-splitting * side street * sideswipe * sidetrack * sidewalk * sidewall * sideways * sidewinder * split one's sides * take sides * topside * underside * upsideVerb
(sid)- Which will you side with , good or evil?
- All rising to great place is by a winding star; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man's self, whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.
- All side in parties, and begin the attack.
- How does it feel... to... side in with those who voted against you in 1947?
- (Francis Bacon)
- His blind eye that sided Paridell.
- (Clarendon)
- to side a house
Synonyms
* (ally oneself) * take sideDerived terms
* side with * sidingSee also
* ally * alliance * join inStatistics
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) side, syde, syd, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.
- a side''' issue; a '''side view or remark
- The law hath no side respect to their persons.
- His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg.
- (Shakespeare)