Neat vs Draft - What's the difference?
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(archaic) A bull or cow.
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(archaic) Cattle collectively.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.9:
Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
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*:Then his sallow face brightened, for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean. ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
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(lb) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
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(lb) With all deductions or allowances made; net.
Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
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Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
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(lb) Good, excellent, desirable.
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*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=June 20, author=Phil Mickelson (being quoted), work=BBC News
, title= An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
An early version of a written work
A preliminary sketch, rough outline
(nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship [also spelled draught].
A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle [also spelled draught].
Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
A cheque, an order for money to be paid
An amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow [also spelled draught]
conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
(sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams
(rail transport) the pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
to write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
to write a law
to conscript a person, force a person to serve in the military
* He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
to select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
* The calves were drafted from the cows.
(politics) to force or convince a person to take an elected position they are not interested in
* They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.
(sports) to select a rookie player onto a professional sports team
* After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
To follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower, thereby conserving energy or increasing speed.
the act of drawing fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn
(not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled
As nouns the difference between neat and draft
is that neat is (archaic) a bull or cow or neat can be an artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct compare scruffy while draft is an early version of a written work.As adjectives the difference between neat and draft
is that neat is clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities while draft is (not comparable) referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.As a verb draft is
to write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.neat
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) nete, neat, from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en-noun)- Sturdy he was, and no less able / Than Hercules to cleanse a stable; / As great a drover, and as great / A critic too, in hog or neat .
- The steer, the heifer, and the calf / Are all called neat .
- a neat and a sheep of his own.
- From thence into the open fields he fled, / Whereas the Heardes were keeping of their neat
Derived terms
* neatherd * neatfoot, neatsfootEtymology 2
From (etyl) . See (l).Adjective
(er)citation, passage=A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,
US Open: Jack Nicklaus tips Rory McIlroy for greatness, passage="You can tell that Rory has had this type of talent in him for some time now, and to see him putting it together is pretty neat to see."}}
Coordinate terms
* (undiluted liquor or cocktail) straight up, up, straightAntonyms
* (undiluted liquor or cocktail) on the rocksUsage notes
In bartending, neat' has the formal meaning “a liquor pour straight from the bottle into a glass, at room temperature, without ice or chilling”. This is contrasted with , and with drinks that are chilled but strained (stirred over ice to chill, but poured through a strainer so that there is no ice in the glass), which is formally referred to as up. However, the terminology is a point of significant confusion, with ' neat , up, straight up, and straight being used by bar patrons (and some bartenders) variously and ambiguously to mean either “unchilled” or “chilled” (but without ice in the glass), and hence clarification is often required.“Up, Neat, Straight Up, or On the Rocks”, Jeffrey Morgenthaler, Friday, May 9th, 2008Walkart, C.G. (2002). National Bartending Center Instruction Manual. Oceanside, California: Bartenders America, Inc. p. 106
Noun
(en noun)References
Anagrams
* * * ----draft
English
(see draught)Noun
(en noun)- I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
- His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.
- She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
- He left the country to avoid the draft .
Synonyms
* (mouthful of liquid) See alsoVerb
(en verb)Adjective
(-)- I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.