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Guild vs Tribe - What's the difference?

guild | tribe |


As nouns the difference between guild and tribe

is that guild is a group of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the middle ages while tribe is a socially, ethnically, and politically cohesive group of people.

As a verb tribe is

to distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.

Detect vs Trace - What's the difference?

detect | trace |


As verbs the difference between detect and trace

is that detect is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing while trace is to follow the trail of.

As an adjective detect

is detected.

As a noun trace is

an act of tracing.

Oppressed vs Caged - What's the difference?

oppressed | caged |


As adjectives the difference between oppressed and caged

is that oppressed is subject to oppression while caged is in a cage.

As verbs the difference between oppressed and caged

is that oppressed is (oppress) while caged is (cage).

Preceded vs Precedence - What's the difference?

preceded | precedence |


As a verb preceded

is (precede).

As a noun precedence is

the state of preceding in importance or priority.

Aquaculture vs Hydroculture - What's the difference?

aquaculture | hydroculture |


As nouns the difference between aquaculture and hydroculture

is that aquaculture is the cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish and other aquatic animals while hydroculture is a type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.

Ambitious vs Yearning - What's the difference?

ambitious | yearning |


As an adjective ambitious

is possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.

As a noun yearning is

a wistful or melancholy longing.

As a verb yearning is

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Lemur vs Marmoset - What's the difference?

lemur | marmoset |


In obsolete terms the difference between lemur and marmoset

is that lemur is the genus for a loris (species: Lemur tardigradus, now species: Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ while marmoset is a hideous figure; a grotesque.

As nouns the difference between lemur and marmoset

is that lemur is any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands while marmoset is a small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, genus: Cebuella, genus: Callibella, or genus: Mico, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout.

Nut vs Psycho - What's the difference?

nut | psycho |


As nouns the difference between nut and psycho

is that nut is knot while psycho is (pejorative|slang) a person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.

As an adjective psycho is

(colloquial|or|pejorative) psychotic, or otherwise insane.

Continued vs Sustained - What's the difference?

continued | sustained |


As adjectives the difference between continued and sustained

is that continued is (dated) prolonged; unstopped while sustained is held continuously at a certain level.

As verbs the difference between continued and sustained

is that continued is (continue) while sustained is (sustain).

Amendment vs Streamline - What's the difference?

amendment | streamline |


As nouns the difference between amendment and streamline

is that amendment is an alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices while streamline is (physics) a line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.

As a verb streamline is

to design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.

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