Keep vs Nice - What's the difference?
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To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to maintain.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:Both day and night did we keep company.
*(Tobias Smollett) (1721–1771)
*:within the portal as I kept my watch
To hold the status of something.
#To maintain possession of.
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#To maintain the condition of.
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, passage=Mr. Cooke had had a sloop?yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered.
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, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1
, passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.}}
#(lb) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
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#(lb) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
#(label) To remain in, to be confined to.
#*1605 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , III.ii,
#*:The wrathful skies / Gallow the very wanderers of the dark / And make them keep their caves.
#To restrain.
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# To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
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#*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.viii:
#*:cursse on thy cruell hond, / That twise hath sped; yet shall it not thee keepe / From the third brunt of this my fatall brond.
#To supply with necessities and financially support a person.
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#(lb) To raise; to care for.
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#*1914 , Robert Joos, Success with Hens , Forbes & company, p.217:
#*:Of course boys are boys and need watching, but there is little watching necessary when they keep chickens.
#*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Steven Morris, work=(The Guardian), title=
, passage=Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.}}
#To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:like a pedant that keeps a school
#*Sir (c.1564-1627)
#*:They were honourably brought to London, where every one of them kept house by himself.
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#*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
#To have habitually in stock for sale.
To hold or be held in a state.
#(lb) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps .
#To continue.
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#*:If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep .
#(lb) To remain in a state.
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(lb) To wait for, keep watch for.
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*:And thenne whan the damoysel knewe certaynly that he was not syre launcelot / thenne she took her leue and departed from hym / And thenne syre Trystram rode pryuely vnto the posterne where kepte hym la beale Isoud / and there she made hym good chere and thanked god of his good spede
To act as wicket-keeper.
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To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
*(William Tyndale) (1494-1536)
*:Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God that is in us.
To be in session; to take place.
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(lb) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
*Bible, iv. 7
*:I have kept the faith.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Him whom to love is to obey, and keep / His great command.
To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
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To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
* (1579-1625)
*:'Tis hallowed ground; / Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep .
(obsolete) Care, notice
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*:So Sir Gareth strayned hym so that his olde wounde braste ayen on bledynge; but he was hote and corragyous and toke no kepe , but with his grete forse he strake downe the knyght.
(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to , the word comes "from the Middle English term kype , meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)
The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
:He works as a cobbler's apprentice for his keep .
The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
*Spenser
*:Pan, thou god of shepherds all, / Which of our tender lambkins takest keep .
The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
:to be in good keep
(obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
*Spenser
*:Often he used of his keep / A sacrifice to bring.
(engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
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* 1999 , Joyce Crick, translating (Sigmund Freud), (The Interpretation of Dreams) , Oxford 2008, p.83:
(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
* 1818 , (Jane Austen), (Persuasion) :
Showing]] or [[require, requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
* 1914 : (Saki), :
* 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p.131:
* 2006 , (Clive James), North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p.242:
(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
* 1598 , (William Shakespeare), , IV.1:
* 1822 , T. Creevey, Reminiscences , 28 Jul.:
Respectable; virtuous.
Pleasant, satisfactory.
* 1998 , (Baha Men) -
* 2008 , Rachel Cooke, The Guardian , 20 Apr.:
Of a person: friendly, attractive.
With "and", having intensive effect: extremely.
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, title= Used to signify a job well done.
Used to signify approval.
(transitive, computing, Unix) To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
As a verb keep
is to continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to maintain.As a noun keep
is (obsolete) care, notice.As a proper noun nice is
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Verb
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Synonyms
* (maintain possession of) retain * (maintain the condition of) preserve, protectDerived terms
(keep) * keep-away * keep around * keep at * keep away * keep back * keep down * keep faith * keep fit * keep from * keep going * keep in mind * keep it down * keep it on the barber pole * keep it real * keep it up * keep mum * keep off * keep on * keep on truckin' * keep one's cards close to one's chest * keep one's cool * keep one's eye on the ball * keep one's eyes peeled * keep one's head * keep one's head above water * keep one's lips sealed * keep one's peace * keep one on one's toes * keep oneself to oneself * keep out * keep out of * keep quiet * keep shtum * keep somebody in stitches * keep somebody posted * keep someone in the loop * keep straight * keep tabs on * keep the peace * keep the wolf from the door * keep track * keep up * keep up with * keep wicket * keep with * keep your pecker up * keep one's hair on * keep one's shirt on * keepalive * keepie-uppie/keepy-uppy * keepnet * keepsakeNoun
(wikipedia keep) (en noun)Derived terms
* earn one's keepSee also
* donjonStatistics
*nice
English
Alternative forms
* nyc (non-standard)Etymology 1
From (etyl) nice, nyce, nys, from (etyl) nice, niche, .Adjective
(er)- There is nothing he seemed to be more carefull of than of his honesty, and observe a kinde of decencie of his person, and orderly decorum in his habits, were it on foot or on horsebacke. He was exceeding nice in performing his word or promise.
- But if I dispense with the dreams of neurotics, my main material, I cannot be too nice in my dealings with the remainder.
- Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice . Birth and good manners are essential.
- "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."
- It would be a nice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis os Moslem or gnostic.
- Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.
- To set so rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre? It were not good.
- It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.
- When the party was nice , the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
- "What's difficult is when you think someone is saying something nice about you, but you're not quite sure."
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
Quotations
* 1710 , (Jonathan Swift), No. XIV *: I have strictly observed this rule, and my imagination this minute represents before me a certain great man famous for this talent, to the constant practice of which he owes his twenty years’ reputation of the most skilful head in England, for the management of nice affairs. * 1930 , , (The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case) *: Here's another nice mess you've gotten us into. * 1973 , Cockerel Chorus, Nice One, Cyril! *: Nice one, Cyril!Usage notes
Sometimes used sarcastically to mean the opposite or to connote excess.Synonyms
* charming, delightful, friendly, kind, lovely, pleasant, sweet * charming, delightful, lovely, pleasant * (having a pleasant taste or aroma) appetising/appetizing, delicious, moreish (informal), scrummy (slang), scrumptious (slang), tasty * (subtle) fine, subtleAntonyms
* horrible, horrid, nasty * horrible, horrid, nasty * (having a pleasant taste or aroma) awful, disgusting, foul, horrible, horrid, nasty, nauseating, putrid, rancid, rank, sickening, distasteful, gross, unsatisfactory * naughtyDerived terms
* nice and + adjective * nice and easy * nice guy * nice guys finish last * nicely * niceness * nice round number * nicety * sugar and spice and everything niceInterjection
(en-interj)!- Nice! I couldn't have done better.
- Is that your new car? Nice!
Etymology 2
Name of a Unix program used to invoke a script or program with a specified priority, with the implication that running at a lower priority is "nice" (kind, etc.) because it leaves more resources for others.Verb
(nic)Derived terms
* reniceExternal links
* * * *Niceat NiceDefinition.com
