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Disuse vs Obsolescence - What's the difference?

disuse | obsolescence |


As nouns the difference between disuse and obsolescence

is that disuse is the state of not being used; neglect while obsolescence is (uncountable) the state of being obsolete—no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected.

As a verb disuse

is to cease the use of.

Deeper vs Darker - What's the difference?

deeper | darker |


As adjectives the difference between deeper and darker

is that deeper is comparative of deep while darker is comparative of dark.

Provision vs Delivery - What's the difference?

provision | delivery |


As nouns the difference between provision and delivery

is that provision is an item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use while delivery is the act of conveying something.

As a verb provision

is to supply with provisions.

Case vs Hypothesis - What's the difference?

case | hypothesis |


In grammar terms the difference between case and hypothesis

is that case is abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines its function in a sentence, such as a grammatical case and a position while hypothesis is the antecedent of a conditional statement.

As nouns the difference between case and hypothesis

is that case is an actual event, situation, or fact while hypothesis is used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.

As a verb case

is to propose hypothetical cases.

As an adjective case

is the last remaining card of a particular rank.

Link vs Connections - What's the difference?

link | connections |


As nouns the difference between link and connections

is that link is a connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas while connections is plural of lang=en.

As a verb link

is to connect two or more things.

As a proper noun Link

is a diminutive=Lincoln given name.

Banana vs Lotus - What's the difference?

banana | lotus |


As nouns the difference between banana and lotus

is that banana is an elongated curved fruit, which grows in bunches, and has a sweet creamy flesh and a smooth yellow skin while lotus is a kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.

As an adjective banana

is curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.

As an acronym BANANA

is Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone (or) Anything. Someone who objects to the building of any structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate. Used as an expression of irritation towards people who are thought of as being worse than NIMBYs.

Canary vs Cardinal - What's the difference?

canary | cardinal |


As nouns the difference between canary and cardinal

is that canary is a small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands while cardinal is a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set, e.g., one, two, three. See Wikipedia article on Cardinal number.

As adjectives the difference between canary and cardinal

is that canary is of a light yellow colour while cardinal is of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.

As a verb canary

is to dance nimbly (as in the canary dance.

Transfix vs Paralyze - What's the difference?

transfix | paralyze |


In lang=en terms the difference between transfix and paralyze

is that transfix is (transitive)  to fix or impale while paralyze is to render unable to function properly.

As verbs the difference between transfix and paralyze

is that transfix is (transitive)  to render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe while paralyze is to afflict with paralysis.

As a noun transfix

is (linguistics) a discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of semitic languages.

Fleetingness vs Transience - What's the difference?

fleetingness | transience |


As nouns the difference between fleetingness and transience

is that fleetingness is the quality of being fleeting while transience is the quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting.

Crook vs Crafty - What's the difference?

crook | crafty |


As adjectives the difference between crook and crafty

is that crook is (australia|new zealand|slang) bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard while crafty is relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.

As a noun crook

is a bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.

As a verb crook

is to bend.

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