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Maxim vs Bromide - What's the difference?

maxim | bromide |

As nouns the difference between maxim and bromide

is that maxim is maximum while bromide is .

As an adjective maxim

is maximum, greatest, highest.

maxim

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
  • A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
  • * 1776 , , Wealth of Nations , page 768:
    • In every age and country of the world men must have attended to the characters, designs, and actions of one another, and many reputable rules and maxims for the conduct of human life, must have been laid down and approved of by common consent.

    Synonyms

    * aphorism, cliche enthymeme, proverb, saying * See also

    See also

    * adage * aphorism * apophthegm ----

    bromide

    English

    (wikipedia bromide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
  • A dose of bromide taken as a sedative.
  • A dull person with conventional thoughts.
    • My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.
  • A platitude.
    • ''We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.

    Synonyms

    * (platitude) platitude; see also

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * aluminium bromide, aluminum bromide * americium bromide * ammonium bromide * ammonium bromide * barium bromide * beryllium bromide * bismuth bromide * bromide developer * bromide emulsion * bromide of potassium * bromide paper * bromide print * bromide printer * bromide printing * bromidic * cadmium bromide * caesium bromide, cesium bromide * calcium bromide * cerium bromide * cerous bromide * chlorobromide * chromium bromide * cobalt bromide * copper bromide * curium bromide * deuterium bromide * diazobromide * dibromide * dysprosium bromide * ferric bromide * germanium bromide * gold bromide * hafnium bromide * hexabromide * hydrobromide * hydrogen bromide * indium bromide * iodine bromide * iodobromite * iron bromide * lithium bromide * lithium bromide-dihydrate * manganese bromide * manganous bromide * mercury bromide * monobromide * nickel bromide * niobium bromide * oxybromide * pentabromide * phosphorous bromide * platinum bromide * potassium bromide * radium bromide * rubidium bromide * selenium bromide * silicon bromide * silver bromide * sodium bromide * stannic bromide * strontium bromide * strontium bromide-hexahydrate * sulfur bromide, sulphur bromide * tantalum bromide * tellurium bromide * tetrabromide * thallium bromide * tin bromide * titanium bromide * tribromide * tungsten bromide * uranous bromide * vanadium bromide * ytterbium bromide * yttrium bromide * zinc bromide * zirconium bromide