Event vs Ace - What's the difference?

In medicine terms the difference between event and ace

is that event is an episode of severe health conditions while ace is angiotensin converting enzyme.

As nouns the difference between event and ace

is that event is an occurrence; something that happens while ace is a single point or spot on a playing card or die.

As a verb ace is

(US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.

As an adjective ace is

excellent.

As a proper noun Ace is

a given name.

event

English

(wikipedia event)

Noun

(en noun)

An occurrence; something that happens.

* Macaulay

the events of his early years

An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).

*, II.3.3:

hard beginnings have many times prosperous events […].

* 1707 , , by Eccles and Congrieve; scene 8

Of my ill boding Dream / Behold the dire Event .

* Young

dark doubts between the promise and event

In the event , he turned out to have what I needed anyway.

(physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.

(computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.

(probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.

X

is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of events could be:

X = 1

X = 2

X \ge 5, X \not = 4,

and

X \isin \{1,3,5\}

(obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.

* Shakespeare

Leave we him to his events .

(lb) An episode of severe health conditions.

Derived terms

* blessed event * credit event * current events * doomsday event * eventful * event horizon * eventless * eventual * in the event * K-T extinction event * media event * quick time event * risk event * sentinel event * social event * speciation event * to be wise after the event

External links

* * 1000 English basic words

ace

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) as'', from (etyl) ''as'', from (etyl) ''as'', ''assis , unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage. Compare as

Noun

(en noun)

A single point or spot on a playing card or die.

A card or die face so marked.

I have the ace of diamonds.

A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.

* (rfdate)

I'll not wag an ace further.

* c. 1658 Dr. Henry More, Government of the Tongue :

He will not bate an ace of absolute certainty.

(tennis) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.

(US) (baseball) The best pitcher on the team.

(US) A run.

(US) (golf) A hole in one.

An expert at something.

* {{quote-news, year=2011

, date=September 29 , author=Jon Smith , title=Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Mexican ace Dos Santos smashed home the third five minutes later after good work from Defoe.}}

A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft.

(US) A perfect score on a school exam.

Usage notes

* Used as an exclamation to mean excellent. But see (ace) (adjective) . Also in plural: aces.

Synonyms

* (single point or spot) pip

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

* ace in the hole * ace of aces * ace up one's sleeve * aces and eights * air ace * bate an ace (see bate) * be aces with * easy aces * flying ace * fighter ace * jet ace * panzer ace * return ace * submarine ace / ace of the deep * tank ace / tanker ace * U-boat ace * within an ace of

Verb

(ac)

(US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.

(tennis) To win a point by an ace.

(golf) To make an ace (hole in one).

Synonyms

* (to pass a test) pass with flying colours

Derived terms

* ace it * ace out

Adjective

(en adjective)

(UK, slang) Excellent.

Usage notes

* Used as exclamation. Also see (noun) above and aces.

Synonyms

* excellent * first-rate * outstanding

Etymology 2

From (asexual) by shortening.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(slang) Asexual.

* 2009 , Anneli Rufus, " Asexuals at the Pride Parade", Psychology Today , 22 June 2009:

"Some people who identify as ace fall under the GLBT umbrella while many others do not. Members of the queer movement have reached out to asexuals to include them in their community. The acronym for this has now become GLBTQA (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and asexual)."

* 2010 , Amy Ebersole, " Asexuality, not to be confused with celibacy", The Daily Aztec (San Diego State University), 25 January 2010:

“I was 14 when I first realized I had no interest in sex,” Jed Strohm, a happily satisfied, romantic asexual from upstate New York, said. “I identified as ace (asexual) and the group leader said I was too attractive.”

* 2013 , Andrea Garcia-Vargas, " Ourselves, our sex, our choices", The Eye , 28 March 2013:

“If you identify as ace [asexual] and you just don’t feel like having sex, then for me, sex-positive means, ‘That’s great! It’s fantastic you don’t want to have sex!’” says McGown.

Synonyms

* asexy (slang)

Derived terms

* acephobia

Noun

(en noun)

(slang) A person who identifies as asexual.

* 2012 , Tasmin Prichard, " Freedom from Desire: Some Notes on Asexuality", Salient (Victoria University of Wellington), 23 July 2012, page 20:

Asexuals are programmed differently, like anybody else on the LGBTQXYZ spectrum, but difference is cool! Difference is perhaps the best part of being queer. Own it, aces !

* 2013 , Leigh Miller, " (A)Sexual Healing", Jerk (Syracuse University), Volume XII, Issue V, April 2013, page 23:

Negativity toward asexuality can make emerging aces fear that something is wrong with them.

* 2014 , Emma Ianni, " New Group to Bring Awareness Of C. U. Asexual Community", The Cornell Daily Sun (Cornell University), Volume 130, Number 81, 4 February 2014, page 1:

G. F. said she came up with the idea of creating an asexual group last semester, when she was struggling with the way being an ace was affecting her personal life.

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