Nix vs Preclude - What's the difference?
nix | preclude |
(colloquial): nothing.
To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
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To destroy or eradicate.
A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie.
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Remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).
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As a proper noun nix
is (astronomy) one of the moons of pluto (named 21 june 2006) or nix can be .As a verb preclude is
remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).nix
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) nix, colloquial form of . More at (l).Noun
(-)Synonyms
* nada * zipVerb
(es)- Nix the last order - the customer walked out.
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References
Etymology 2
Noun
(es)preclude
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(preclud)- It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
- Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.
