Idea vs Snow - What's the difference?
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(philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
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, title= (obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal.
(obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic.
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An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
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, passage=Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.}}
* 1952 , (Alfred Whitney Griswold)
A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an (l).
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, title= A vague or fanciful (l); a feeling or hunch; an impression.
(music) A musical theme or melodic subject.
(uncountable) The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.
* 1928 , , (The House at Pooh Corner) ,
(uncountable) Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid.
* 2008 , (Neal Asher), "Alien Archaeology"
(uncountable) A shade of the color white.
(uncountable) The area of frequency on a television which has no programmes broadcast in analogue sets, the image is created by the Electrical noise.
(uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
(countable) A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water.
(impersonal) To have snow fall from the sky.
(colloquial) To hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information.
(poker) To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards.
(nautical) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.
(Webster 1913)
As a noun idea
is (philosophy) an abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.As a proper noun snow is
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English
(wikipedia idea)Noun
Trouble at the lab, passage=The idea that the same experiments always get the same results, no matter who performs them, is one of the cornerstones of science’s claim to objective truth. If a systematic campaign of replication does not lead to the same results, then either the original research is flawed (as the replicators claim) or the replications are (as many of the original researchers on priming contend). Either way, something is awry.}}
- The remembrance whereof (which yet I beare deepely imprinted in my minde) representing me her visage and Idea so lively and so naturally, doth in some sort reconcile me unto her.
- Ideas won't go to jail.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}
End of the peer show, passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.}}
Synonyms
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* Japanese: (aidia)Derived terms
* bad idea * good idea * idea'd * idea man * it seemed like a good idea at the time * idea monger * idea of reference * idea pot * life-idea * memory-idea * mother-idea * no idea * one-idea * received idea * sense-idea * simple idea * the very ideaExternal links
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* 1000 English basic words ----snow
English
(wikipedia snow)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) comes (etyl) (m).Noun
- The wind had dropped, and the snow , tired of rushing around in circles trying to catch itself up, now fluttered gently down until it found a place on which to rest.''
- Clad in a coldsuit Jael trudged through a thin layer of CO2 snow ...
- We have had several heavy snows this year.
Derived terms
* acid snow * apple snow * artificial snow * as pure as the driven snow, pure as the driven snow * as white as snow, white as snow * besnow * blowing snow * carbon dioxide snow * carbon dioxide snow cleaning * coco snow * cooking snow * corn snow * deadman snow anchor * drifting snow * driven snow * dry snow * evening-snow * firn snow * Florida snow * frost snow * glory-of-the-snow * granular snow * green snow * Hawaiian snow * lake-effect snow * laser snow * marine snow * mountain snow * new snow * old snow * onion snow * packing snow * pink snow * powder snow * red snow * sand snow * Sno-cat * Snomobile, snowmobile * SNOTEL * snow ablation * snow accumulation * snow advisory * snow algae * snow angel * snow-apple * snowball * snowbank * snow banner * (Snowbasin) * snow bear * snowbell * snow-belt, Snowbelt * snowberry * snowbiking * snow bird, snowbird * snowblade * snowblader * snowblading * snow-blanket * snow-blind, snowblind * snow blindness, snowblindness * snow-blink, snowblink * snow-blossom * snowblow * snowblower * snow board * snowboard * snowboarder * snowboarding * * SnowBMX * snowboot * snowbound * snowbow * Snow Bowl * snow box * snow brake * snowbreak * snow bridge * snow-broo, snow-bru * snow-broth * snowbrush * snow-bucking * snow bunny * snow bunting * snowburn * snow bush, snowbush * snow-camel * snow cannon * snowcap, snowcap * snow-capped, snow-capt * snow castle * snowcat * snow catch * snow cave * Snowcem, snowcem * snow chain * snow chukor * snow-clad * snow cleaning * snow climate * snowclone * snow cloud * snow cock, snowcock * snow coke * snow-cold * snow concrete * snow cone * snow conjunctivitis * snow course * snow cover * snow-covered * snow crab * snow-craft * snow cream * (Snow Creek Falls) * snow creep, snowcreep * (Snowcrest) * snowcrete * snow-cripple * snow-crowned * snow cruiser * snow-cruising * snow crust * snow crystal * snow day * snowdeck * snowdeep * snow density * snow depth * snow devil * snowdrift * snowdrop * snow-dropper * snow-dropping * snow ear, snow ear fungus * snow-eater * snow emergency * snow-eyes * snowfall * snow-fed * snow fence * snow fencing * snowfield * snow finch, snow-finch * snow-fire * snow-fish * snowflake * snow flea * snow fleck, snow-fleck, snowfleck, snowflick * snow-flight, snowflight * snow flood * snow flower, snowflower * snow fluke * snow flurry * snow fly * snowfolk * snow-foot * snow forest climate * snow fort * snow-fowl * snow fungus * snow garland * snow-gatherer * snow gauge * snow-gem * snow-generating level * snow geyser * snow globe * snow glory * snow gnat * snow-goggles * snow golf * snow goose * snow grains * snow grass * snow grave * snow groomer * snow-grouse * snow guard * snow gum * snow gun * snow-hammer * snow hedge * snow-hen * (Snow Hill) * snow-hole * snowhouse * snow-ice * snow-in-harvest * snow insect * snow-in-summer * snowish * (Snow Island) * snow job * snowkiting * (Snow Lake) * snow-lark * snow leopard * snowless * snow level * snow-like, snowlike * snow lily * snow-limit * snow line, snowline * snow load * snow lotus * snow machine, snowmachine * (The Snow Maiden) * snow-maker, snowmaker * snow-making, snowmaking * snowman * snow management * snowmanship * snow mat * snow-melt, snowmelt * snow-merchant * snow metamorphism * snow mist * snow mold, snow mould * snow monkey * SnowMoto * snow mound * (Snow Mountain) * snow mouse * snow mushroom * snow-on-the-mountain * snow orchid * snow-owl * snowpack * snow pallets * snow-panther * snow partridge * snow patch * snow pea * snow pear * snow pellets * snowperson * snow petrel * snow pheasant * snow pigeon * snow pile * snow pillow * snow plane * snow plant * snow plod * snow plough, snow-plough, snowplough, snowplow * snow plume * snow pudding * snow puff mushroom * snow quail * snowquake * snow quality * Snow Queen * snow queen * snow-raking * snow report * snowrider * snow ring * snow ripple * snow roller * snow rose * snow sample * snow sampler * snow scale * snowscape * snow scene * snow scooter * snow sculpture * snow seals * snow shed, snowshed * snow sheep * snow-sheet * (Snowshill) * snow shoe, snow-shoe, snowshoe * snow shower, snowshower * snowskating * snow-skiing * snow sky * snow-sleep * snowslide * snow-slip, snowslip * snow smoke * snow-snake, snow-snakes * snow-sparrow * snow-sports * snowspout * snow squall, snowsquall * snow stage * snow stake * snowstalker * snow-stone * snowstorm * snowsuit * snowsurfing * snow survey * SNOWTAM * snow-tan * snow-thrower * snow thunderstorm * snow-time * snow tire, snow tyre * (Snowtown) * snow trails * snow train * snow tremor * snow trillium * (Snowtrooper) * snow tube * snow tubing * (Snowville) * snow water, snow-water * snow weasel * snow-white * snow-wolf * snowwoman * snow-worm * snow-wreath * snowy * spring snow * sugar on snow * sugar on snow, sugar-on-snow * tapioca snow * thundersnow * visual snow * (a) walk in the snow * watermelon snow * water snow * wet snow * wild snow * yellow snowVerb
- It is snowing .
- It started to snow .