Suspicious vs Deliverance - What's the difference?
suspicious | deliverance |
Arousing suspicion.
Distrustful or tending to suspect.
Expressing suspicion
Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered.
Extrication from danger, imprisonment, rescue etc.
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As an adjective suspicious
is arousing suspicion.As a noun deliverance is
act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered.suspicious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
- I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
- She gave me a suspicious look.
Synonyms
* questionable * doubtfulDerived terms
* suspiciously * suspiciousnessSee also
* odd * strangedeliverance
English
Alternative forms
* delivraunce (obsolete) * deliveraunce (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}