Create vs Mint - What's the difference?
create | mint |
To put into existence.
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To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
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, title= To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or restored for the incumbent.
To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre?existent title (notably a church in Rome).
(archaic) Created, resulting from creation.
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(intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
(transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
(intransitive, chiefly, Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.
(provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
(informal) A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
(figurative) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
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To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
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Of condition, as new.
(numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
(philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
(UK, slang) Very good.
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Any of several plants of the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
A green colour, like that of mint.
A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.
As verbs the difference between create and mint
is that create is (lb) while mint is (intransitive|provincial|northern england|scotland) to try, attempt; take aim or mint can be to reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.As a noun mint is
(provincial|northern england|scotland) intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor or mint can be a building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence or mint can be any of several plants of the family lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.As an adjective mint is
of condition, as new or mint can be of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.create
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(creat)Well-connected Brains, passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content",
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace.
Synonyms
* (to put into existence) generate * inventAntonyms
* (to put into existence) annihilate, extinguish * imitateAdjective
(en adjective)- Hearts create of duty and zeal.
External links
* * * (wikipedia "create")Anagrams
* English transitive verbs ----mint
English
(wikibooks mint)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), .Noun
(en noun)- That house is worth a mint
- It must have cost a mint to produce!
- A mint of phrases in his brain.
Verb
(en verb)- titles of such natures as may be easily minted
Derived terms
* mintage * minted * mintmarkAdjective
(-)- in mint condition .
- And my God, what a house it was – it was mint ! In all my life I had never set foot in such a beautiful place.