As adjectives the difference between arrogant and dominant

is that arrogant is having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt for others while dominant is ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling.

As a noun dominant is

the fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.

As nouns the difference between farce and far

is that farce is a style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method; compare sarcasm while far is spelt (type of wheat).

As a verb farce

is to stuff with forcemeat.

As an adjective far is

remote in space.

As an adverb far is

distant in space, time or degree.

As adjectives the difference between authoritative and confident

is that authoritative is arising or originating from a figure of authority while confident is very sure of something; positive.

As a noun confident is

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As adjectives the difference between baffled and addled

is that baffled is thoroughly confused, puzzled while addled is (of eggs) bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo.

As a verb addled is

(addle).

As nouns the difference between roo and retard

is that roo is peace; quietness while retard is retardation; delay.

As a verb retard is

to keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder.

In transitive terms the difference between slag and cement

is that slag is to produce slag while cement is to overlay or coat with cement.

As nouns the difference between dowry and tapestry

is that dowry is payment, as property or money, of a bride’s inheritance by her family to the groom or his family at the time of marriagegary ferraro & susan andreatta, cultural anthropology , 8th edn (belmont, cal: wadsworth, 2010), 223 while tapestry is a heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls.

As verbs the difference between dowry and tapestry

is that dowry is to bestow a dowry upon while tapestry is (intransitive) to decorate with tapestry, or as if with a tapestry.

As verbs the difference between leverage and optimize

is that leverage is to use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something) while optimize is to act optimistically or as an optimist.

As a noun leverage

is a force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.

As nouns the difference between award and prizes

is that award is (legal) a judgment, sentence, or final decision specifically: the decision of arbitrators in a case submitted while prizes is .

As verbs the difference between award and prizes

is that award is (legal) to give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant while prizes is (prize).

As verbs the difference between carve and build

is that carve is (archaic) to cut while build is (lb) to form (something) by combining materials or parts.

As nouns the difference between carve and build

is that carve is (obsolete) a carucate while build is (senseid) the physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.