Matter vs Question - What's the difference?
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Substance, material.
# (physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.
# (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter).
# A kind of substance.
# Written material (especially in books or magazines).
# (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
* Bible, (w) xviii. 22
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* 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
An approximate amount or extent.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
* (w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)
* (William Congreve) (1670-1729)
(obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
* (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
(obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(obsolete) Pus.
To be important.
:The only thing that matters to Jim is being rich.
:Sorry for pouring ketchup on your clean white shirt! - Oh, don't worry, it does not matter .
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
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It mattered little as Newcastle's challenge faded and Villa began to dominate the game in midfield, and it was only Barton's continued sense of injustice that offered the visitors any spark in a tame contest.}}(transitive, obsolete, outside, dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.
*, Folio Society 1973, p.47:
*:Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof
To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
*Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
*:Each slight sore mattereth .
A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
* , chapter=4
, title= A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.
* Bible, John iii. 25
* Francis Bacon
A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
interrogation by torture
* Macaulay
(obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
To ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.
* Francis Bacon
To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
(obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.
* Shakespeare
In obsolete terms the difference between matter and question
is that matter is pus while question is to argue; to converse; to dispute.As nouns the difference between matter and question
is that matter is substance, material while question is a sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.As verbs the difference between matter and question
is that matter is to be important while question is to ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.matter
English
(wikipedia matter)Noun
- if the matter should be tried by duel
- Son of God, Saviour of men! Thy name / Shall be the copious matter of my song.
- Every great matter' they shall bring unto thee, but every small ' matter they shall judge.
- The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
- No small matter of British forces were commanded over sea the year before.
- Away he goes,a matter of seven miles.
- I have thoughts to tarry a small matter .
- He is the matter of virtue.
- And this is the matter why interpreters upon that passage in Hosea will not consent it to be a true story, that the prophet took a harlot to wife.
Synonyms
* material * stuff * substanceDerived terms
(Terms derived from the noun "matter") * a small matter - Somewhat, slightly * as a matter of fact - Actually * as a matter of law * back matter * baryonic matter * baryonic dark matter * degenerate matter * fecal matter * for that matter - In regards to * front matter * gray matter, grey matter * matterless * matter-of-fact * matter of record * mind over matter * mattery * no matter * organic matter * particulate matter * state of matter * strange matter * subject-matter * what's the matter * white matterVerb
(en verb)Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle, passage=Despite further attempts by Agbonlahor and Young, however, they could not find the goal to reward their endeavour.
It mattered little as Newcastle's challenge faded and Villa began to dominate the game in midfield, and it was only Barton's continued sense of injustice that offered the visitors any spark in a tame contest.}}
Derived terms
* it doesn't matter * no matter - In spite ofStatistics
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(wikipedia question)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions' during my yarn, but every ' question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
- The story is true beyond question .
- He obeyed without question .
- There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
- It is to be to question , whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith.
- The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question .
- Made she no verbal question ? Shakespeare King Lear ca. 1606
Synonyms
* inquiry, enquiry, query, subject, topic, problem, issue, consideration, interrogation, doubt, motion, proposition, proposalDerived terms
* a question of * begging the question * beyond question * bonus question * call into question * chicken-or-egg question * closed-ended question * cross-question * essay question * federal question * in question * indirect question * frequently asked questions/FAQ * leading question * loaded question * multiple-choice question * no questions asked * open question * open-ended question * out of the question * pop the question * previous question * questionable * questionist * questionless * questionnaire * question mark * question-master * question sheet * question time * reverse question * rhetorical question * scaled question * tag question * toss-up question * West Lothian question * yes-no questionVerb
- He that questioneth much shall learn much.
- I pray you, think you question with the Jew.