Frank vs Apparent - What's the difference?
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honest, especially in an manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
(medicine) unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident
(obsolete) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
* Spenser
(obsolete) Liberal; generous; profuse.
* L'Estrange
(obsolete, derogatory) Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
(uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
* Cowper
(countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
To place a frank on an envelope.
* 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 20
To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
To send by public conveyance free of expense.
A hot dog or sausage.
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To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
* 1667, (John Milton), (Paradise Lost) , ,
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
* (William Shakespeare), ,
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 20
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
* 1785, (Thomas Reid), Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man , Essay II (“Of the Powers we have by means of our External Senses”), Chapter XIX (“Of Matter and of Space”),
* 1848 , , (The History of England from the Accession of James the Second) ,
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Frank is a related term of apparent.
As a noun frank
is one of the franks, a germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now france, the low countries and germany.As a proper noun frank
is .As an adjective apparent is
capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.frank
English
(wikipedia frank)Etymology 1
From (etyl) , in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks .Adjective
(er)- May I be frank with you?
- The research probes whether treating pre-diabetes with metformin can prevent progression to frank diabetes.
- It is of frank gift.
- Frank of civilities that cost them nothing.
- (Spenser)
Noun
(en noun)- I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank , I must burn my letter and begin again.
Verb
(en verb)- It will be so ridiculous to see all his letters directed to him with an M.P.—But do you know, he says, he will never frank for me?
- (Charles Dickens)
Etymology 2
Shortened form of frankfurter.Noun
(en noun)- Buy a package of franks for the barbecue.
Synonyms
* frankfurt * frankfurterSee also
* sav * savaloyEtymology 3
Etymology 4
(etyl) franc.Verb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
apparent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- […] Hesperus, that led / The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, / Rising in clouded majesty, at length / Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, / And o’er the dark her silver mantle threw.
- Salisbury: It is apparent foul-play; and ’tis shame / That greatness should so grossly offer it: / So thrive it in your game! and so, farewell.
- When I came to Renfield's room I found him lying on the floor on his left side in a glittering pool of blood. When I went to move him, it became at once apparent that he had received some terrible injuries.
- What (George Berkeley) calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude.
- To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship.
- This apparent motion is due to the finite velocity of light, and the progressive motion of the observer with the earth, as it performs its yearly course about the sun.
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