Mainstay vs Mainstream - What's the difference?
mainstay | mainstream |
A chief support.
:Agriculture is the mainstay of this country’s economy.
(nautical) A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast.
Used or accepted broadly rather than by a tiny fraction of a population or market.
That which is common; the norm.
To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.
To popularize, to normalize, to render .
As nouns the difference between mainstay and mainstream
is that mainstay is a chief support while mainstream is that which is common; the norm.As an adjective mainstream is
used or accepted broadly rather than by a tiny fraction of a population or market.As a verb mainstream is
to educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.mainstay
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Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
*mainstream
English
(wikipedia mainstream)Adjective
(en adjective)- They often carry stories you won't find in the mainstream media.
Synonyms
* (used or accepted broadly) common, usual, widespread, conventionalCoordinate terms
* fringeNoun
(en noun)- His ideas were well outside the mainstream , but he presented them intelligently, and we were impressed if not convinced.
Derived terms
*mainstreamismVerb
(en verb)- Mainstreaming''' has become more common in recent years, as studies have shown that many '''mainstreamed''' students with mild learning disabilities learn better than their non-'''mainstreamed counterparts.
