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Shimmer vs Scintillate - What's the difference?

shimmer | scintillate | Related terms |

Shimmer is a related term of scintillate.


In lang=en terms the difference between shimmer and scintillate

is that shimmer is to shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer while scintillate is to throw off like sparks.

As verbs the difference between shimmer and scintillate

is that shimmer is to shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer while scintillate is to give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.

As a noun shimmer

is a faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer.

Bundle vs Mess - What's the difference?

bundle | mess | Related terms |

Bundle is a related term of mess.


As verbs the difference between bundle and mess

is that bundle is while mess is (label) to take meals with a mess or mess can be (label) to make a mess of.

As a noun mess is

(obsolete) mass; church service or mess can be a disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; a disorder.

Brittle vs Frangible - What's the difference?

brittle | frangible | Synonyms |


As adjectives the difference between brittle and frangible

is that brittle is inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure while frangible is able to be broken; breakable; fragile.

As a noun brittle

is a confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.

Discourage vs Impede - What's the difference?

discourage | impede | Related terms |

Discourage is a related term of impede.


As verbs the difference between discourage and impede

is that discourage is to extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject while impede is to get in the way of; to hinder.

As a noun discourage

is lack of courage.

Fitting vs Natural - What's the difference?

fitting | natural | Related terms |

Fitting is a related term of natural.


As adjectives the difference between fitting and natural

is that fitting is ready, appropriate, or in keeping while natural is that exists and evolved within the confines of an ecosystem.

As nouns the difference between fitting and natural

is that fitting is a small detachable part of a device or machine while natural is .

As a verb fitting

is .

Persecute vs Nettle - What's the difference?

persecute | nettle | Related terms |


As verbs the difference between persecute and nettle

is that persecute is to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship while nettle is of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.

As a noun nettle is

any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

Obligation vs Duress - What's the difference?

obligation | duress | Related terms |

Obligation is a related term of duress.


In legal|lang=en terms the difference between obligation and duress

is that obligation is (legal) a legal agreement stipulating a specified payment or action; the document containing such agreement while duress is (legal) the state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restraint of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offence.

As nouns the difference between obligation and duress

is that obligation is the act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone while duress is (obsolete) harsh treatment.

As a verb duress is

to put under ; to pressure.

Assumed vs Postulated - What's the difference?

assumed | postulated | Related terms |

Assumed is a related term of postulated.


As verbs the difference between assumed and postulated

is that assumed is (assume) while postulated is (postulate).

As an adjective assumed

is used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.

Destruction vs Eradication - What's the difference?

destruction | eradication | Related terms |

Destruction is a related term of eradication.


As nouns the difference between destruction and eradication

is that destruction is the act of destroying while eradication is eradication.

Disliking vs Resentment - What's the difference?

disliking | resentment | Related terms |

Disliking is a related term of resentment.


As nouns the difference between disliking and resentment

is that disliking is dislike while resentment is a feeling of anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged by others or betrayed; indignation.

As a verb disliking

is .

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