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Tease vs Slander - What's the difference?

tease | slander |


As verbs the difference between tease and slander

is that tease is to separate the fibres of a fibrous material while slander is to utter a slanderous statement.

As nouns the difference between tease and slander

is that tease is one who teases while slander is a false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.

Art vs Party - What's the difference?

art | party |


As nouns the difference between art and party

is that art is the conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium while party is a person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.

As verbs the difference between art and party

is that art is archaic second-person singular of be while party is to celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

As a proper noun Art

is a diminutive of the male given name Arthur.

As an adjective party is

divided; in part.

As an adverb party is

partly.

Swirl vs Hover - What's the difference?

swirl | hover |


As nouns the difference between swirl and hover

is that swirl is a whirling eddy while hover is a cover; a shelter; a protection.

As verbs the difference between swirl and hover

is that swirl is (ambitransitive) to twist or whirl, as an eddy while hover is to float in the air.

Successive vs Successor - What's the difference?

successive | successor |


As an adjective successive

is coming one after the other in a series.

As a noun successor is

a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.

Carrier vs Dreadnought - What's the difference?

carrier | dreadnought |


As nouns the difference between carrier and dreadnought

is that carrier is a person or object that carries someone or something else while dreadnought is a battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.

As a proper noun Carrier

is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Canada. Sometimes considered to be three separate languages; Southern Carrier, Northern Carrier and Central Carrier.

Oceanography vs Meteorite - What's the difference?

oceanography | meteorite |


As nouns the difference between oceanography and meteorite

is that oceanography is the exploration and scientific study of the oceans and ocean floor while meteorite is a metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteor.

Influent vs Effective - What's the difference?

influent | effective |


As nouns the difference between influent and effective

is that influent is a stream which flows into another stream or lake; general for fluids flowing in while effective is (military) a soldier fit for duty.

As adjectives the difference between influent and effective

is that influent is flowing in while effective is having the power to produce a required effect or effects.

Bruh vs Cheese - What's the difference?

bruh | cheese |


As verbs the difference between bruh and cheese

is that bruh is while cheese is to prepare curds for making cheese or cheese can be (slang) to stop; to refrain from or cheese can be (gaming|slang) to use an unsporting tactic; to repeatedly use an attack which is overpowered or difficult to counter.

As a noun cheese is

(uncountable) a dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk or cheese can be (slang) wealth, fame, excellence, importance.

As an interjection cheese is

(photography).

Postulate vs Reason - What's the difference?

postulate | reason |


As nouns the difference between postulate and reason

is that postulate is while reason is a cause:.

As a verb reason is

to exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.

Postulate vs Option - What's the difference?

postulate | option |


As nouns the difference between postulate and option

is that postulate is something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument while option is one of the choices which can be made.

As verbs the difference between postulate and option

is that postulate is to assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument while option is to purchase an option on something.

As an adjective postulate

is postulated.

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