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Lurch vs Nest - What's the difference?

lurch | nest |


As nouns the difference between lurch and nest

is that lurch is amphibian while nest is native english-speaking teacher.

Revoke vs Eliminate - What's the difference?

revoke | eliminate |


As verbs the difference between revoke and eliminate

is that revoke is to cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing while eliminate is
to completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists
.

As a noun revoke

is the act of revoking in a game of cards.

Endpoint vs Hygroscopic - What's the difference?

endpoint | hygroscopic |


As a noun endpoint

is either of the two points at the end of a line segment.

As an adjective hygroscopic is

(physics|chemistry) readily taking up and retaining water, especially from the atmosphere.

Bookmark vs Classified - What's the difference?

bookmark | classified |


As nouns the difference between bookmark and classified

is that bookmark is a strip of material used to mark a place in a book while classified is (informal) a classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.

As verbs the difference between bookmark and classified

is that bookmark is (computing|transitive) to create a bookmark while classified is (classify).

As an adjective classified is

formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in english) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.

Parasympatholytic vs Egg - What's the difference?

parasympatholytic | egg |


As nouns the difference between parasympatholytic and egg

is that parasympatholytic is any drug having this effect while egg is (zoology|countable) an approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.

As an adjective parasympatholytic

is (medicine) that blocks the action of the parasympathetic nervous system; anticholinergic.

As a verb egg is

to throw eggs at or egg can be to encourage, incite.

Programme vs Workshop - What's the difference?

programme | workshop |


As a verb programme

is .

As a noun workshop is

workshop (course of education).

Propylhexedrine vs Methamphetamine - What's the difference?

propylhexedrine | methamphetamine |


As nouns the difference between propylhexedrine and methamphetamine

is that propylhexedrine is an adrenergic compound that is a sympathomimetic with varied medicinal uses while methamphetamine is methamphetamine.

Contemplate vs Perception - What's the difference?

contemplate | perception |


As a verb contemplate

is to look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.

As a noun perception is

organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.

Hack vs Hacking - What's the difference?

hack | hacking |

Hacking is a derived term of hack.



In computing terms the difference between hack and hacking

is that hack is an expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date while hacking is unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.

In obsolete terms the difference between hack and hacking

is that hack is to live the life of a drudge or hack while hacking is the operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.

As verbs the difference between hack and hacking

is that hack is to chop or cut down in a rough manner while hacking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between hack and hacking

is that hack is a tool for chopping while hacking is playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.

As an adjective hacking is

short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.

Grisly vs Eerily - What's the difference?

grisly | eerily |


As an adjective grisly

is horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome.

As an adverb eerily is

in an eerie manner.

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