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Chaos vs Malay - What's the difference?

chaos | malay |

As nouns the difference between chaos and malay

is that chaos is while malay is a person of malay ancestry, referring to a diverse group of austronesian peoples inhabiting the malay archipelago and malay peninsula in southeast asia.

As an adjective malay is

of or relating to the malays, a people living in brunei, on the eastern coast of sumatra, the islands of bangka and belitung, the riau archipelago and the coastal areas of kalimantan in indonesia, in most of malaysia (states where they are politically dominant), in singapore and in the southernmost provinces of thailand.

As a proper noun malay is

the malay language, an austronesian language spoken by most malay people and in states they dominate.

chaos

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (obsolete) A vast chasm or abyss.
  • The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony
  • Any state of disorder, any confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
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  • (obsolete, rare) A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment.
  • *, II.ii.3:
  • What is the centre of the earth? is it pure element only, as Aristotle decrees, inhabited (as Paracelsus thinks) with creatures whose chaos is the earth: or with fairies, as the woods and waters (according to him) are with nymphs, or as the air with spirits?
  • (mathematics) Behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.
  • (fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.
  • Synonyms

    * See

    Antonyms

    * (classical cosmogony) cosmos * (state of disorder) order

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from chaos) * chaos theory * chaotic * controlled chaos

    See also

    * entropy * discord * capricious ----

    malay

    English

    (wikipedia Malay)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to the Malays, a people living in Brunei, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, the islands of Bangka and Belitung, the Riau archipelago and the coastal areas of Kalimantan in Indonesia, in most of Malaysia (states where they are politically dominant), in Singapore and in the southernmost provinces of Thailand.
  • (usage generally frowned upon by Malays and Malaysians) Of or related to Malaysia, its people and/or culture.
  • In, of or otherwise relating to Malay, a generic name for the languages spoken by Malays.
  • Derived terms

    * Malay apple

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person of Malay ancestry, referring to a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.
  • Type of mild curry made with yoghurt and fruit, usually pineapple or lychee.
  • She ordered chicken Malay with rice.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Malay language, an Austronesian language spoken by most Malay people and in states they dominate.
  • See also

    * Malayalam * (ms) * Language list

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