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Quite vs By_far - What's the difference?

quite | by_far | Related terms |

Quite is a related term of by_far.


As a verb quite

is .

As a prepositional phrase by_far is

(idiomatic) to a considerably large extent, easily.

Unfailing vs Safe - What's the difference?

unfailing | safe | Related terms |


As adjectives the difference between unfailing and safe

is that unfailing is inexhaustible while safe is not in danger; free from harm's reach.

As a noun safe is

a box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.

Fluctuating vs Electric - What's the difference?

fluctuating | electric | Related terms |

Fluctuating is a related term of electric.


As a verb fluctuating

is .

As an adjective electric is

electric.

Convict vs Malefactor - What's the difference?

convict | malefactor | Related terms |

Convict is a related term of malefactor.


As nouns the difference between convict and malefactor

is that convict is (legal) a person convicted of a crime by a judicial body while malefactor is a criminal or felon.

As a verb convict

is to find guilty.

Adapt vs Incline - What's the difference?

adapt | incline | Related terms |


In transitive terms the difference between adapt and incline

is that adapt is to make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character: as, to bring out a play adapted from the French; a word of an adapted form while incline is to bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

In intransitive terms the difference between adapt and incline

is that adapt is to change oneself so as to be adapted while incline is to slope.

As an adjective adapt

is adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

As a noun incline is

a slope.

Fastidious vs Effeminate - What's the difference?

fastidious | effeminate | Related terms |


As adjectives the difference between fastidious and effeminate

is that fastidious is excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness while effeminate is having behaviour or mannerisms considered unmasculine or typical of a woman or girl; feminine.

As a verb effeminate is

to make womanly; to unman.

Ominous vs Joyless - What's the difference?

ominous | joyless | Related terms |

Ominous is a related term of joyless.


As adjectives the difference between ominous and joyless

is that ominous is of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant while joyless is without joy; unhappy, sad.

Roam vs Straggle - What's the difference?

roam | straggle | Related terms |

Roam is a related term of straggle.


As verbs the difference between roam and straggle

is that roam is to wander or travel freely and with no specific destination while straggle is to stray from the road, course or line of march.

As a noun straggle is

the act of straggling.

Abutting vs Bordering - What's the difference?

abutting | bordering | Related terms |


As adjectives the difference between abutting and bordering

is that abutting is that which abuts or serves as an abutment while bordering is having a common boundary or border.

As verbs the difference between abutting and bordering

is that abutting is present participle of lang=en while bordering is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun bordering is

a pattern or ornament forming a border.

Square vs Harmonise - What's the difference?

square | harmonise | Related terms |

Square is a related term of harmonise.


As verbs the difference between square and harmonise

is that square is to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else while harmonise is .

As a noun square

is (geometry) a polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees; a regular quadrilateral whose angles are all 90 degrees.

As an adjective square

is shaped like a (the polygon).

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