Nine vs Phrase - What's the difference?
nine | phrase |
(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after eight and before ten.
Describing a set or group with nine components.
The digit or figure .
(card games) A playing card with nine pips.
(weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
(computing, engineering, usually in plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
(label) A baseball club, a baseball team (composed of nine players).
* 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:Peter Morris,
A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks, *:The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay.
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A short written or spoken expression.
(grammar) A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-30, volume=409, issue=8864, magazine=(The Economist), author=Paul Davis
, title= (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
(archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
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* Shakespeare
(music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
(music) To divide into melodic phrases.
To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between nine and phrase
is that nine is the digit or figure while phrase is a short written or spoken expression.As a numeral nine
is (cardinal) a numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after eight and before ten.As a verb phrase is
(music) to perform a passage with the correct phrasing.nine
English
(wikipedia nine)Numeral
(head)- A cat has nine lives.
See also
*Noun
(en noun)- They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines .
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Synonyms
* (Roman numerals): (l)Coordinate terms
* Previous : eight () * Next : ten ()Derived terms
* cloud nine * dressed to the nines * on cloud nine * the whole nine yardsSee also
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phrase
English
Noun
(en noun)Letters: Say it as simply as possible, passage=Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“
On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?}}
- phrases of the hearth
- Thou speak'st / In better phrase and matter than thou didst.
Synonyms
* (expression) figure of speech, locution * See alsoDerived terms
* adjective phrase * adverb phrase * antecedent phrase * bombard phrase * catchphrase * consequent phrase * determiner phrase * empty phrase * noun phrase * participial phrase * phrasal * phrase book * phrase structure * phrasemaker * phraseology * prepositional phrase * set phrase * turn a phrase * verb phraseSee also
* (wikipedia)Verb
(phras)- These suns — for so they phrase 'em.
