Feat vs Fiat - What's the difference?
feat | fiat |
A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.
* {{quote-news
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(archaic) dexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty
* Shakespeare
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 1
(obsolete) To form; to fashion.
* Shakespeare
An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
* 1788 , Alexander Hamilton,
(English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
(English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
As nouns the difference between feat and fiat
is that feat is a relatively rare or difficult accomplishment while fiat is an authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.As verbs the difference between feat and fiat
is that feat is to form; to fashion while fiat is to make (something) happen.As an adjective feat
is dexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty.As a proper noun Fiat is
an automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A..As a phrase FIAT is
fix it again Tony, a derogatory slang phrase for Fiat, a backronym.feat
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Bradford may have lost on the night but they stubbornly protected a 3-1 first-leg advantage to emulate a feat last achieved by Rochdale in 1962.}}
Derived terms
* no small feat * no mean featAdjective
(er)- Never master had a page so feat .
- And look how well my garments sit upon me — / Much feater than before.
Verb
(en verb)- To the more mature, / A glass that feated them.
Anagrams
* * * *fiat
English
Noun
(en noun)- The reflection that the fate of a fellow-creature depended on his sole fiat , would naturally inspire scrupulousness and caution; [...]