Central vs Incidentally - What's the difference?
central | incidentally |
Being in the centre.
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, title= Being the most important.
Having or containing the centre of something.
Being very important, or key to something.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=September 7, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= (manner) In an incidental manner; not of central or critical importance.
By chance; in an unplanned way.
(speech act, conjunctive) Parenthetically, by the way.
As a adjective central
is being in the centre.As a adverb incidentally is
(manner) in an incidental manner; not of central or critical importance.central
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Putting down roots, passage=The plantoid
Moldova 0-5 England, passage=Cleverley was a central figure as England took the lead inside three minutes. He saw his shot handled by Moldovan defender Simion Bulgaru and Lampard drilled home the penalty in trademark fashion.}}
Derived terms
* central bank * central heating * central locking * centralisation * centralise * centrally * centralnessincidentally
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- The book discussed the subject, but only incidentally .
- Incidentally , did you hear anything new from your brother yesterday?