Coarse vs Severe - What's the difference?
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Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.
Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy;
Very bad or intense.
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Strict or harsh.
Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
Coarse is a related term of severe.
As adjectives the difference between coarse and severe
is that coarse is composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture while severe is severe, harsh.coarse
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(wikipedia coarse)Adjective
(er)- coarse manners
- coarse language
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "coarse" is often applied: language, particle, grain, graining, sand, powder, gravel, grit, salt, gold, thread, hair, cloth, grid, aggregate, texture, grass, fish, angling, fishing.Synonyms
* (of inferior quality ): thick, rough, sharp, hard * (not refined ): rough, rude, uncouth, blunt, unpolished, inelegant, indelicate, vulgar, gritty, obscene, crassAntonyms
* (of inferior quality ): fineDerived terms
* coarsely * coarsen * coarsenessExternal links
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*severe
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Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}