seize |
see |
As a verb seize
is to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
As a noun see is
.
seizes |
see |
As a verb seizes
is (
seize).
As a noun see is
.
prejudice |
s |
As a noun prejudice
is a harm, a damage.
As a letter s is
the letter s with a.
elegiac |
lamentable |
As adjectives the difference between elegiac and lamentable
is that
elegiac is of, or relating to an elegy while
lamentable is causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
As a noun elegiac
is a poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
rotor |
propeller |
As nouns the difference between rotor and propeller
is that
rotor is a rotating part of a mechanical device, for example in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump while
propeller is one who, or that which, propels.
ersatz |
quasi |
As adjectives the difference between ersatz and quasi
is that
ersatz is made in imitation; artificial, especially of an inferior quality while
quasi is resembling or having a likeness to something.
As a noun ersatz
is something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute.
serious |
stringent |
As adjectives the difference between serious and stringent
is that
serious is without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn while
stringent is strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe.
retronyms |
backronym |
As nouns the difference between retronyms and backronym
is that
retronyms is while
backronym is a word that is either not an acronym but is taken to be one and for which a full form is invented by back-formation, or is an acronym and for which an alternative full form is invented by back-formation.
liar |
cheat |
As nouns the difference between liar and cheat
is that
liar is one who tells lies while
cheat is someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
As a verb cheat is
to violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
transsexual |
hermaphrodite |
As adjectives the difference between transsexual and hermaphrodite
is that
transsexual is (of a person) being a while
hermaphrodite is having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
As nouns the difference between transsexual and hermaphrodite
is that
transsexual is one who has changed or is in the process of changing their physical sex (because it did not match their desired sex) by undergoing medical treatment such as hormone replacement therapy (hrt) and/or sex reassignment surgery (srs) while
hermaphrodite is an individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
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