Informal vs Official - What's the difference?
informal | official |
Not formal or ceremonious.
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, title= Not in accord with the usual regulations.
Suited for everyday use.
(of language) Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.
(gardening) Not organized; not structured or planned.
Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority
Approved by authority; authorized.
sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal
Discharging an office or function.
* Sir Thomas Browne
Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
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, title= A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.
As a verb informal
is to inform (to communicate knowledge to others).As an adjective official is
of or pertaining to an office or public trust.As a noun official is
an office holder invested with powers and authorities.informal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
Synonyms
* (not formal or ceremonious) casual * (not in accord with the usual regulations) unofficial * (suited for everyday use) casual * colloquialAntonyms
* formalAnagrams
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English
(wikipedia official)Adjective
(en adjective)- official duties
- an official statement or report
- an official drug or preparation
- the stomach and other parts official unto nutrition
Antonyms
* unofficialNoun
(en noun)Turn it off, passage=If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.}}