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Knot vs Taxonomy - What's the difference?

knot | taxonomy |


As a verb knot

is (knyta).

As a noun taxonomy is

the science or the technique used to make a classification.

Meretricious vs Bombastic - What's the difference?

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 vs Retrench - What's the difference?

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 vs False - What's the difference?

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 vs Gangrene - What's the difference?

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 vs Squeal - What's the difference?

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 vs False - What's the difference?

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 vs Strong - What's the difference?

almighty | strong |


As proper nouns the difference between almighty and strong

is that almighty is god, the supreme being while strong is .

Think vs Goal - What's the difference?

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 vs Subjunctive - What's the difference?

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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