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Basic vs Plus - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between basic and plus

is that basic is necessary, essential for life or some process while plus is being positive rather than negative or zero.

As nouns the difference between basic and plus

is that basic is a necessary commodity, a staple requirement while plus is a positive quantity.

As a proper noun BASIC

is a family of third-generation programming languages (c.1964 on).

As a conjunction plus is

sum of the previous one and the following one.

As a verb plus is

to add; to subject to addition.

basic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Necessary, essential for life or some process.
    • Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
  • Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
    • The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is purely basic .
  • (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
  • (slang) Vapid, boring, or uncool.
  • * 2011 , (Kreayshawn), "(Gucci Gucci)", (w, Somethin' 'Bout Kreay) :
    • Gucci Gucci, Louis Louis, Fendi Fendi, Prada / Them basic bitches wear that shit, so I don't even bother
  • * 2013 , Sam Stryker, " Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway?", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11:
    • I'm not saying people are jealous of Hathaway because she is so perfect. Yes, she does have it all — husband, healthy career, good looks. But she doesn't do anything in an "awesome" way. She's basic .
  • * 2014 , Trevor Thrall, " Firing Line: Rowling says ‘JK,’ Ron and Hermione not meant to be", The Daily Campus (Southern Methodist University), Volume 99, Issue 54, 3 February 2014, page 4:
    • And what can be said about Ginny? She’s basic . My guess is that she spends her time drinking pumpkin spice lattes and watching “Pretty Little Liars.” The Chosen One is way out of her quidditch league.
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    • Synonyms

    * See also * (chemistry) alkaline

    Antonyms

    * (chemistry) acidic

    Derived terms

    * basically * BASIC

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
    • Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
  • An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
    • Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.
  • (military) Basic training.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    plus

    English

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • sum of the previous one and the following one.
    • Two plus two equals four.
    A water molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms plus one of oxygen.
  • (colloquial) with; having in addition
    • I've won a holiday to France plus five hundred Euros' spending money!
  • and also; in addition
    • Let's go home now, it's late, plus I'm not feeling too well.

    Synonyms

    * and

    Antonyms

    * minus

    Derived terms

    * plus sign

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A positive quantity.
  • An asset or useful addition.
    • He is a real plus to the team.
  • (arithmetic) A plus sign: .

    • Synonyms

    * (useful addition) asset * plus sign

    Antonyms

    * (useful addition) liability, minus * minus, minus sign

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Being positive rather than negative or zero.
    • -2 * -2 = +4 ("minus 2 times minus 2 equals plus four")
  • Positive, or involving advantage.
    • He is a plus factor.
  • (physics) Electrically positive.
    • A battery has both a plus pole and a minus pole.

    Derived terms

    * ** on the plus side

    Synonyms

    * (being positive rather than negative or zero) positive * advantageous, good, positive

    Antonyms

    * (being positive rather than negative or zero) minus, negative * bad, disadvantageous, minus, negative

    Verb

  • (informal) To add; to subject to addition.

    • See also

    * add * addition * times ----