knot |
taxonomy |
As a verb knot
is (
knyta).
As a noun taxonomy is
the science or the technique used to make a classification.
meretricious |
bombastic |
As adjectives the difference between meretricious and bombastic
is that
meretricious is (obsolete) of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution while
bombastic is showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous.
truncate |
retrench |
As verbs the difference between truncate and retrench
is that
truncate is to shorten something as if by cutting off part of it while
retrench is to cut down or reduce or
retrench can be to dig or redig a trench where one already was.
As an adjective truncate
is truncated.
deke |
false |
As a noun deke
is (ice hockey) a feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or other defender.
As a verb deke
is (canada) to avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery.
As an adjective false is
(
label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.
false |
gangrene |
As adjectives the difference between false and gangrene
is that
false is (
label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic while
gangrene is gangrenous.
As a verb gangrene is
.
eel |
squeal |
As nouns the difference between eel and squeal
is that
eel is any freshwater or marine fish of the order anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes while
squeal is a high-pitched sound, as a scream of a child, or noisy worn-down brake pads.
As verbs the difference between eel and squeal
is that
eel is to fish for eels while
squeal is to scream by making a shrill, prolonged sound.
gyre |
false |
As a noun gyre
is a swirling vortex.
As a verb gyre
is to whirl.
As an adjective false is
(
label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.
almighty |
strong |
As proper nouns the difference between almighty and strong
is that
almighty is god, the supreme being while
strong is .
think |
goal |
As nouns the difference between think and goal
is that
think is an act of thinking; consideration (of something) while
goal is gaul.
As a verb think
is (
label) to ponder, to go over in one's head or
think can be (
label) to seem, to appear.
As a proper noun goal is
britain.
adjunctive |
subjunctive |
As adjectives the difference between adjunctive and subjunctive
is that
adjunctive is forming an adjunct while
subjunctive is (grammar|of a verb) inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
As nouns the difference between adjunctive and subjunctive
is that
adjunctive is (grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction while
subjunctive is (grammar|uncountable) the subjunctive mood.
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