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Conventional vs Balanced - What's the difference?

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Conventional is a related term of balanced.


As adjectives the difference between conventional and balanced

is that conventional is pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour while balanced is containing elements in appropriate proportion.

As a noun conventional

is (finance) a conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

As a verb balanced is

(balance).

conventional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
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  • Ordinary, commonplace.
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  • Banal]], trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or [[clichéd.

    • Synonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): typical, canonical * ("banal"): stereotypical

    Antonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): atypical, out of the ordinary, unconventional * ("ordinary"): imaginative

    Derived terms

    * conventionalism * conventionalist * conventionally * conventional mortgage loan * conventional war * conventional warfare * conventional weapon * conventional weaponry * conventional wisdom

    Related terms

    * convention

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

    • balanced

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (balance)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing elements in appropriate proportion.
    • He believed he rarely got sick because of his balanced diet.

    Derived terms

    * balanced diet