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Horizontal vs Trepidatory - What's the difference?

horizontal | trepidatory |

As adjectives the difference between horizontal and trepidatory

is that horizontal is perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat while trepidatory is that trepidates, or that causes trepidations.

As a noun horizontal

is a horizontal component of a structure.

horizontal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
  • (marketing) Relating to horizontal markets.
  • (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
  • * 1667': As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the '''Horizontal misty Air — John Milton, ''Paradise Lost , Book 1, ll. 594-5

    • Antonyms

    * vertical

    Derived terms

    * horizontally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horizontal component of a structure.
  • (geology) horizon

    • trepidatory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That trepidates, or that causes trepidations.
  • * 1953 , , Method and Theory in Experimental Psychology
    • Unfortunately, like Guthrie he has never given a formal statement of his principles, and it is therefore up to the reader to ferret out these things for himself — always a trepidatory procedure.
  • * 2003 , , Realm of the Ring Lords
    • This was all very good news for the Church bishops because the shapeshifting werewolf had a limited trepidatory function, especially in places like England where wolves were generally unknown, although some existed then to the north in Scotland.
  • * 2008 , David Downing, Silesian Station
    • Russell took his usual chair and the usual trepidatory sip, and was pleasantly surprised.
  • Of an earthquake, having a vertical, up-and-down motion, as opposed to a horizontal, side-to-side motion.
  • * 1843 ,
    • This [earthquake] was felt at Mexico at precisely the same hour, lasting there about one minute and a half, the motion there being undulatory'', but at Acapulco ''trepidatory .
  • * 1882 , Knowledge , volume 1
    • The most severe shock lasted for 70 seconds, and combined oscillatory, trepidatory , and rotatory movement.
  • * 1995 , , Aurora Camacho de Schmidt and Arthur Schmidt, Nothing, Nobody: The Voices of the Mexico City Earthquake
    • The particular trepidatory and oscillatory patterns arising from the lake bed especially afflicted high-rise buildings between six and fifteen stories.