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Leak vs Gash - What's the difference?

leak | gash | Synonyms |


As nouns the difference between leak and gash

is that leak is a crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape while gash is a deep cut.

As verbs the difference between leak and gash

is that leak is to allow fluid to escape or enter something that should be sealed while gash is to make a deep, long cut, to slash.

As an adjective leak

is leaky.

Disablement vs Crippling - What's the difference?

disablement | crippling | Related terms |

Disablement is a related term of crippling.


As nouns the difference between disablement and crippling

is that disablement is (formal) the action of disabling or the state of being disabled while crippling is state of being crippled; lameness.

As a verb crippling is

.

As an adjective crippling is

that cripples.

Pertinent vs Consonant - What's the difference?

pertinent | consonant | Related terms |


As adjectives the difference between pertinent and consonant

is that pertinent is important with regard to (a subject or matter); relevant while consonant is characterized by harmony or agreement.

As a noun consonant is

a sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.

Thwart vs Impair - What's the difference?

thwart | impair | Related terms |

Thwart is a related term of impair.


In lang=en terms the difference between thwart and impair

is that thwart is to prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate while impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between thwart and impair

is that thwart is (obsolete) to move across or counter to; to cross while impair is (obsolete) not fit or appropriate.

As verbs the difference between thwart and impair

is that thwart is to prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate while impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

As adjectives the difference between thwart and impair

is that thwart is situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique while impair is (obsolete) not fit or appropriate.

As a noun thwart

is (nautical) a brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.

As an adverb thwart

is obliquely; transversely; athwart.

Viscous vs Indivisible - What's the difference?

viscous | indivisible | Related terms |

Viscous is a related term of indivisible.


As adjectives the difference between viscous and indivisible

is that viscous is having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid while indivisible is incapable of being divided; atomic.

As a noun indivisible is

that which cannot be divided or split.

Pummel vs Flog - What's the difference?

pummel | flog | Related terms |


As verbs the difference between pummel and flog

is that pummel is to hit or strike heavily and repeatedly while flog is to whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.

Liquefy vs Precipitate - What's the difference?

liquefy | precipitate | Related terms |


As verbs the difference between liquefy and precipitate

is that liquefy is to make into a liquid, either by condensing a gas or by melting a solid while precipitate is to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten.

As a noun precipitate is

a product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.

As an adjective precipitate is

headlong; falling steeply or vertically.

Allowance vs Percentage - What's the difference?

allowance | percentage | Related terms |

Allowance is a related term of percentage.


As nouns the difference between allowance and percentage

is that allowance is the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance while percentage is the amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.

As a verb allowance

is to put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

Clemency vs Mildness - What's the difference?

clemency | mildness | Synonyms |

Clemency is a synonym of mildness.


As nouns the difference between clemency and mildness

is that clemency is the gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing while mildness is the quality of being mild; gentleness.

Band vs Girdle - What's the difference?

band | girdle | Synonyms |

Band is a synonym of girdle.


As nouns the difference between band and girdle

is that band is tape while girdle is that which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.

As a verb girdle is

to gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.

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