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Clamored vs Sought - What's the difference?

clamored | sought |


As verbs the difference between clamored and sought

is that clamored is (clamor) while sought is (seek).

Wing vs Twin - What's the difference?

wing | twin |


As nouns the difference between wing and twin

is that wing is an appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly while twin is (baseball) a player that plays for the.

As a verb wing

is (lb) to injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.

Duck vs Snail - What's the difference?

duck | snail |


As verbs the difference between duck and snail

is that duck is to lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something while snail is to move or travel very slowly.

As nouns the difference between duck and snail

is that duck is an aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet while snail is any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

As a proper noun Duck

is {{surname}.

Illuminate vs Comprehend - What's the difference?

illuminate | comprehend |


As verbs the difference between illuminate and comprehend

is that illuminate is to shine light on something while comprehend is .

As a noun illuminate

is someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.

As an adjective illuminate

is (obsolete) enlightened.

Maple vs Average - What's the difference?

maple | average |


As a proper noun maple

is .

As a noun average is

(legal|marine) financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.

As an adjective average is

(not comparable) constituting or relating to the average.

As a verb average is

(informal) to compute the arithmetic mean of.

Sissy vs Tomgirl - What's the difference?

sissy | tomgirl |


As nouns the difference between sissy and tomgirl

is that sissy is an effeminate boy or man while tomgirl is a boy who behaves in a typically girlish manner.

As an adjective sissy

is effeminate.

As a verb sissy

is to urinate.

As a proper noun Sissy

is {{given name|female|diminutive=Cecilia}}.

Directive vs Permission - What's the difference?

directive | permission |


As nouns the difference between directive and permission

is that directive is an instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal while permission is authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority).

As an adjective directive

is that directs.

Prisoner vs Https - What's the difference?

prisoner | https |


As a noun prisoner

is a person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.

As an initialism https is

(internet) hypertext transfer protocol secure (http secure), an encrypted form of information transfer on the internet.

Hypertrophy vs Hypoplasia - What's the difference?

hypertrophy | hypoplasia |


As nouns the difference between hypertrophy and hypoplasia

is that hypertrophy is (countable|medicine) an increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells while hypoplasia is underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ, especially when caused by an inadequate or below-normal number of cells.

As a verb hypertrophy

is (of a tissue or organ): to increase in size.

Want vs Thirst - What's the difference?

want | thirst |


As verbs the difference between want and thirst

is that want is to wish for or to desire (something) while thirst is to be thirsty.

As nouns the difference between want and thirst

is that want is a desire, wish, longing while thirst is a sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.

As a proper noun Want

is a personification of want.

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