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Offend vs Racism - What's the difference?

offend | racism |


As a verb offend

is (transitive)  to hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

As a noun racism is

the belief that each race has distinct and intrinsic attributes.

Wear vs Wash - What's the difference?

wear | wash |


As a proper noun wear

is a river in the county of tyne and wear in north east england the city of sunderland is found upon its banks.

As an initialism wash is

.

Indigenous vs Indie - What's the difference?

indigenous | indie |


As adjectives the difference between indigenous and indie

is that indigenous is born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion while indie is independent; from outside the mainstream.

As a noun indie is

an independent publisher.

Limp vs Run - What's the difference?

limp | run |


As a verb limp

is to happen; befall; chance or limp can be to be inadequate or unsatisfactory or limp can be to walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.

As an adjective limp

is flaccid; flabby, as flesh.

As a noun limp

is a scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging or limp can be an irregular, jerky or awkward gait.

As a proper noun run is

.

Fluctuate vs Frustrate - What's the difference?

fluctuate | frustrate |


In transitive terms the difference between fluctuate and frustrate

is that fluctuate is to cause to vary irregularly while frustrate is to cause stress or panic.

As verbs the difference between fluctuate and frustrate

is that fluctuate is to vary irregularly; to swing while frustrate is to disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.

As an adjective frustrate is

vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory.

Drug vs Cosmetics - What's the difference?

drug | cosmetics |


As nouns the difference between drug and cosmetics

is that drug is a substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose while cosmetics is preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes.

As a verb drug

is to administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.

Medley vs Remic - What's the difference?

medley | remic |


As a noun medley

is .

As a verb medley

is (music) to combine, to form a medley.

As an initialism remic is

(us|finance) (real estate mortgage investment conduit).

Center vs Mall - What's the difference?

center | mall |


As nouns the difference between center and mall

is that center is centre / center while mall is trunk, large suitcase.

Cancel vs Setaside - What's the difference?

cancel | setaside |


As nouns the difference between cancel and setaside

is that cancel is a cancellation (us ); (nonstandard in some kinds of english) while setaside is an amount of money or resources put aside for a specific purpose.

As a verb cancel

is to cross out something with lines etc.

Warn vs Disclose - What's the difference?

warn | disclose |


In lang=en terms the difference between warn and disclose

is that warn is to give warning while disclose is to expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.

As verbs the difference between warn and disclose

is that warn is to make (someone) aware of impending danger etc or warn can be (label) to refuse, deny (someone something) while disclose is (obsolete) to open up, unfasten.

As a noun disclose is

(obsolete) a disclosure.

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