Categorical vs Plumb - What's the difference?
categorical | plumb |
absolute; having no exception
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* 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 74:
of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories
truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line
(cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out.
In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
* Milton
(informal) Squarely, directly; completely.
A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
(nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
To attach to a water supply and drain.
To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of .
To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
(dated) To seal something with lead.
To work as a plumber.
(rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
(US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
(nautical) To position vertically above or below.
As adjectives the difference between categorical and plumb
is that categorical is absolute; having no exception while plumb is truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.As nouns the difference between categorical and plumb
is that categorical is (logic) a categorical proposition while plumb is a little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc, to indicate a vertical direction.As an adverb plumb is
in a vertical direction; perpendicularly.As a verb plumb is
to determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.categorical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Daytime interests are clearly not such far-reaching psychical sources of dreams as might have been expected from the categorical assertions that everyone continues to carry on his daily business in his dreams.
Synonyms
* absolute, categoric, unconditionalAntonyms
* exceptional, conditional, hypothetical, relativeDerived terms
* acategorical * categorical imperative * categoricalnessplumb
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (truly vertical) perpendicularAdverb
(-)- Plumb down he falls.
- It hit him plumb in the middle of his face.
- Years ago the well plumb dried out, not a drop of water in there since.
