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Offensive vs Harm - What's the difference?

offensive | harm |


As nouns the difference between offensive and harm

is that offensive is an attack while harm is injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

As an adjective offensive

is causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, or hatred.

As a verb harm is

to cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

San vs St - What's the difference?

san | st |


As nouns the difference between san and st

is that san is a letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa while St is abbreviation of Saint|lang=en.

As a proper noun San

is a member of the ethnically distinct, short-statured nomadic people of southern Africa.

As an acronym SAN

is styrene-acrylonitrile resin.

As an interjection st is

expressing a sudden desire for silence.

Spar vs Argue - What's the difference?

spar | argue |


In obsolete terms the difference between spar and argue

is that spar is a bar of wood used to fasten a door while argue is to prove.

In transitive terms the difference between spar and argue

is that spar is to supply or equip (a vessel) with spars while argue is to present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

As verbs the difference between spar and argue

is that spar is to bolt, bar while argue is to prove.

As a noun spar

is a rafter of a roof.

How vs They - What's the difference?

how | they |


As an adverb how

is to what degree.

As a noun how

is the means by which something is accomplished or how can be (dialectal) an artificial barrow or tumulus.

As a conjunction how

is in which way; in such way.

As an interjection how

is .

As a pronoun they is

(the third-person plural) a group of people, animals.

As a determiner they is

(archaic|or|dialectal) those (used for people).

Wit vs Idea - What's the difference?

wit | idea |


As nouns the difference between wit and idea

is that wit is sanity while idea is an abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.

As a verb wit

is know, be aware of construed with of when used intransitively.

As a preposition wit

is {{en-SoE}} an alternative spelling of lang=en.

Dielectric vs Media - What's the difference?

dielectric | media |


As nouns the difference between dielectric and media

is that dielectric is an electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field while media is the middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.

As an adjective dielectric

is (electrically) insulating.

As a proper noun Media is

a historical region in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes.

Gave vs Gived - What's the difference?

gave | gived |


As a noun gave

is a (something given to someone, eg for christmas or a birthday ).

As a verb gived is

(nonstandard) (give).

Equable vs Favorable - What's the difference?

equable | favorable |


As adjectives the difference between equable and favorable

is that equable is unvarying, Calm and steady; constant and uniform while favorable is pleasing, encouraging or approving.

Disturbed vs Agitate - What's the difference?

disturbed | agitate |


As verbs the difference between disturbed and agitate

is that disturbed is (disturb) while agitate is to move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

As an adjective disturbed

is showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.

Vaccine vs Antiviral - What's the difference?

vaccine | antiviral |


As a verb vaccine

is .

As an adjective antiviral is

(medicine) inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus.

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