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Prickly vs Spiked - What's the difference?

prickly | spiked |


As adjectives the difference between prickly and spiked

is that prickly is covered with sharp points while spiked is containing alcohol or drugs, often without the informing those who partake.

As a verb spiked is

past tense of spike.

Numeral vs Digital - What's the difference?

numeral | digital |


As adjectives the difference between numeral and digital

is that numeral is numeral, numeric while digital is having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.

As nouns the difference between numeral and digital

is that numeral is numeral while digital is (finance) a digital option.

Prick vs Spike - What's the difference?

prick | spike |


As nouns the difference between prick and spike

is that prick is a small hole or perforation, caused by piercing while spike is an ear of corn or grain.

As verbs the difference between prick and spike

is that prick is to pierce or puncture slightly while spike is to fix on a spike; to pierce or run through with a spike.

As a proper noun Spike is

A male nickname.

Infected vs Defected - What's the difference?

infected | defected |


As verbs the difference between infected and defected

is that infected is (infect) while defected is (defect).

As an adjective infected

is referring to something that has received an infection.

Center vs Facility - What's the difference?

center | facility |


As nouns the difference between center and facility

is that center is the point in the interior of a circle or sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference while facility is the fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.

As an adjective center

is of, at, or related to a center.

As a verb center

is to cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.

Tun vs Tonne - What's the difference?

tun | tonne |


As nouns the difference between tun and tonne

is that tun is a large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask while tonne is a metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Symbol: t.

As a verb tun

is to put into tuns, or casks.

Dash vs Pack - What's the difference?

dash | pack |


As nouns the difference between dash and pack

is that dash is (typography) any of the following symbols: (''horizontal bar
) while pack is package, bundle, bunch, (unwieldy) bag or pack can be rabble, mob, vermin, rascals.

As a verb dash

is to run quickly or for a short distance.

As an interjection dash

is (euphemistic) damn!.

Occurence vs Accident - What's the difference?

occurence | accident |


As nouns the difference between occurence and accident

is that occurence is while accident is an unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences.

Oneself vs Itself - What's the difference?

oneself | itself |

Itself is a related term of oneself.



As pronouns the difference between oneself and itself

is that oneself is the person, previously mentioned while itself is it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

Flare vs Rivet - What's the difference?

flare | rivet |


In lang=en terms the difference between flare and rivet

is that flare is to cause to burn while rivet is to command the attention of.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between flare and rivet

is that flare is (obsolete) to be exposed to too much light while rivet is (obsolete) a light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet).

As nouns the difference between flare and rivet

is that flare is a source of brightly burning light or intense heat used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy while rivet is a cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

As verbs the difference between flare and rivet

is that flare is to blaze brightly while rivet is to attach or fasten parts by using rivets.

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