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Determination vs Serenity - What's the difference?

determination | serenity |


As a noun determination

is determination.

As a proper noun serenity is

in general use since the 1990s.

Cancel vs Abnegate - What's the difference?

cancel | abnegate |


In lang=en terms the difference between cancel and abnegate

is that cancel is to offset or equalize something while abnegate is to relinquish; to surrender; to abjure .

As verbs the difference between cancel and abnegate

is that cancel is to cross out something with lines etc while abnegate is to deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience) .

As a noun cancel

is a cancellation (us ); (nonstandard in some kinds of english).

Drown vs Drench - What's the difference?

drown | drench |


As verbs the difference between drown and drench

is that drown is to be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish by such suffocation while drench is to soak, to make very wet.

As a noun drench is

a draught administered to an animal or drench can be (obsolete|uk) a military vassal, mentioned in the domesday book.

Dogma vs Stigma - What's the difference?

dogma | stigma |


As nouns the difference between stigma and dogma

is that stigma is a mark of infamy or disgrace while dogma is an authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true regardless of evidence, or without evidence to support it.

Hatred vs Misanthropy - What's the difference?

hatred | misanthropy |


As nouns the difference between hatred and misanthropy

is that hatred is strong aversion; intense dislike; hateful regard; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as unpleasant, harmful or evil while misanthropy is hatred or dislike of people or mankind.

Amebiasis vs Ascariasis - What's the difference?

amebiasis | ascariasis |


As nouns the difference between amebiasis and ascariasis

is that amebiasis is an alternative spelling of amoebiasis while ascariasis is a disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals.

Compromise vs Exposure - What's the difference?

compromise | exposure |


As nouns the difference between compromise and exposure

is that compromise is the settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions while exposure is (senseid)(uncountable) the condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.

As a verb compromise

is (ambitransitive) to bind by mutual agreement.

Raze vs Devastate - What's the difference?

raze | devastate |


As verbs the difference between raze and devastate

is that raze is to demolish; to level to the ground while devastate is to ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.

As a noun raze

is (rhizome of ginger).

Farcical vs Fatuous - What's the difference?

farcical | fatuous |


As adjectives the difference between farcical and fatuous

is that farcical is resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd while fatuous is obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness.

Fowl vs Livestock - What's the difference?

fowl | livestock |


As nouns the difference between fowl and livestock

is that fowl is a bird while livestock is farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.

As a verb fowl

is to hunt fowl.

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