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Independent vs Adventurous - What's the difference?

independent | adventurous |


As adjectives the difference between independent and adventurous

is that independent is not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free while adventurous is inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.

As a noun independent

is a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.

Attach vs Impound - What's the difference?

attach | impound |


In transitive terms the difference between attach and impound

is that attach is to fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively) while impound is to hold back, as water by a dam.

As verbs the difference between attach and impound

is that attach is to arrest, seize while impound is to shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.

As a noun impound is

a place in which things are impounded.

Achieved vs Resulted - What's the difference?

achieved | resulted |


As verbs the difference between achieved and resulted

is that achieved is past tense of achieve while resulted is past tense of result.

Call vs Set - What's the difference?

call | set |


As a noun call

is a telephone conversation.

As a verb call

is (lb) to use one's voice .

As a numeral set is

seven.

Award vs Contest - What's the difference?

award | contest |


In lang=en terms the difference between award and contest

is that award is the paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded while contest is to make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

In intransitive terms the difference between award and contest

is that award is to determine; to make or grant an award while contest is to contend.

In transitive terms the difference between award and contest

is that award is to give an award (prize) for merit while contest is to strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

Having vs Trying - What's the difference?

having | trying |


As verbs the difference between having and trying

is that having is while trying is .

As nouns the difference between having and trying

is that having is something owned; possession; goods; estate while trying is (philosophy) the act by which one tries something; an attempt.

As an adjective trying is

difficult to endure; arduous.

Lexicology vs Phonetics - What's the difference?

lexicology | phonetics |


As nouns the difference between lexicology and phonetics

is that lexicology is the part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon while phonetics is the study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.

Accident vs Confusion - What's the difference?

accident | confusion |


As nouns the difference between accident and confusion

is that accident is an unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences while confusion is a lack of clarity or order.

Filtration vs Crystallisation - What's the difference?

filtration | crystallisation |


As nouns the difference between filtration and crystallisation

is that filtration is the act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it while crystallisation is (british).

Cryptosporidiosis vs Giardia - What's the difference?

cryptosporidiosis | giardia |


As nouns the difference between cryptosporidiosis and giardia

is that cryptosporidiosis is a disease affecting the intestines of mammals that is caused by cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite while giardia is the human intestinal parasite giardia lamblia .

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