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Economical vs Uneconomically - What's the difference?

economical | uneconomically |


As an adjective economical

is careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty.

As an adverb uneconomically is

in a manner that is not economical.

Eclipse vs Eclipsable - What's the difference?

eclipse | eclipsable |


As a verb eclipse

is .

As an adjective eclipsable is

capable of being eclipsed.

Eclipse vs Uneclipsable - What's the difference?

eclipse | uneclipsable |


As a verb eclipse

is .

As an adjective uneclipsable is

not capable of being eclipsed.

Snarl vs Asnarl - What's the difference?

snarl | asnarl |


As a noun snarl

is a knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.

As a verb snarl

is to form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

As an adjective asnarl is

snarling.

Kitschy vs Kitschiness - What's the difference?

kitschy | kitschiness |


As an adjective kitschy

is having the nature of kitsch.

As a noun kitschiness is

the quality of being kitschy.

Calcify vs Noncalcifying - What's the difference?

calcify | noncalcifying |


As a verb calcify

is to make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.

As an adjective noncalcifying is

not calcifying.

Holder vs Patentholder - What's the difference?

holder | patentholder |


As a proper noun holder

is .

As a noun patentholder is

the holder of a patent.

Patent vs Patentholder - What's the difference?

patent | patentholder |


As nouns the difference between patent and patentholder

is that patent is a declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent while patentholder is the holder of a patent.

As a verb patent

is to successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent.

As an adjective patent

is open, unobstructed, expanded.

Tassel vs Pretassel - What's the difference?

tassel | pretassel |


As a noun tassel

is a ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the tassel is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end tassels are normally decorative elements, and as such one often finds them attached, usually along the bottom hem, to garments, curtains or other hangings.

As a verb tassel

is to adorn with.

As an adjective pretassel is

before the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn.

Corn vs Pretassel - What's the difference?

corn | pretassel |


As a noun corn

is drinking horn, flagon.

As an adjective pretassel is

before the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn.

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