Moderate vs Harmony - What's the difference?
moderate | harmony |
Not excessive; acting in moderation
* Jonathan Swift
Mediocre
Average priced; standard-deal
Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
* Walter
(US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
* Arbuthnot
* Spenser
To become less excessive
To preside over (something) as a moderator
To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise
Agreement or accord.
* America's social harmony has depended at least to some degree on economic growth. It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead.'' — , ''
A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
(music) The academic study of chords.
(music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
(music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
As an adjective moderate
is not excessive; acting in moderation.As a noun moderate
is one who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.As a verb moderate
is to reduce the excessiveness of (something).As a proper noun harmony is
or harmony can be (fandom slang) the ship of characters.moderate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- moderate language
- a moderate Calvinist
- travelling at a moderate speed
- A number of moderate members managed to obtain a majority in a thin house.
- a moderate winter
- moderate showers
Derived terms
* moderately * moderatenessSynonyms
* See also * See alsoNoun
(wikipedia moderate) (en noun)- ''While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so
- The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.
Verb
(moderat)- to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.
- By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water.
- To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.
- to moderate a synod
Synonyms
* (reduce excesses ) temperate * (preside ) arbitrate, chairDerived terms
* moderation * moderatingReferences
* * English heteronyms ----harmony
English
(wikipedia harmony)Noun
(harmonies)Why It’s Time to Worry, Newsweek 2010-12-04
- a harmony of the Gospels