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Mean vs Understand - What's the difference?

mean | understand |


As an adjective mean

is mid, central.

As a noun mean

is middle.

As a verb understand is

(lb) to be aware of the meaning of.

Ignorance vs Complacency - What's the difference?

ignorance | complacency |


As nouns the difference between ignorance and complacency

is that ignorance is the condition of being uninformed or uneducated. Lack of knowledge or information while complacency is a feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.

As a proper noun Ignorance

is a personification of ignorance.

Teach vs Show - What's the difference?

teach | show |


As a proper noun teach

is (slang) nickname for a teacher.

As a noun show is

show, spectacle.

State vs Staus - What's the difference?

state | staus |


As nouns the difference between state and staus

is that state is a polity while staus is plural of lang=en.

As a verb state

is to declare to be a fact.

As an adjective state

is stately.

As a proper noun State

is state University, as the shortened form of any public university name.

Integral vs Integrous - What's the difference?

integral | integrous |


As adjectives the difference between integral and integrous

is that integral is constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable while integrous is having or characterized by integrity.

As a noun integral

is a number, the limit of the sums computed in a process in which the domain of a function is divided into small subsets and a possibly nominal value of the function on each subset is multiplied by the measure of that subset, all these products then being summed.

Found vs Said - What's the difference?

found | said |


As a noun found

is food and lodging, board or found can be a thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

As a verb found

is (find) or found can be to begin building or found can be to melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.

As a proper noun said is

: (l).

Duty vs Labor - What's the difference?

duty | labor |


As an adjective duty

is hollow (having an empty space inside).

As a proper noun labor is

(australia|informal) the.

Undergo vs Res - What's the difference?

undergo | res |


As a verb undergo

is (obsolete) to go or move under or beneath.

As a symbol res is

(label) (l).

Quintuple vs Quintet - What's the difference?

quintuple | quintet |


As an adjective quintuple

is quintuple (having five parts or members).

As a noun quintet is

(music) a composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians).

Stairwell vs Shed - What's the difference?

stairwell | shed |


As nouns the difference between stairwell and shed

is that stairwell is a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase while shed is (weaving) an area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven or shed can be a slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut.

As a verb shed is

(transitive|obsolete|uk|dialect) to part or divide.

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