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Nominal vs Plum - What's the difference?

nominal | plum |

As nouns the difference between nominal and plum

is that nominal is (grammar) a noun or word group that functions as a noun phrase while plum is feather.

As an adjective nominal

is of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.

nominal

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
  • Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
  • Existing in name only.
  • a nominal difference
  • * (rfdate)
  • Nominal attendance on lectures.
  • (philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism.
  • (senseid) Insignificantly small; trifling.
  • He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.
  • Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
  • The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.
  • (finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
  • (finance) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
  • (grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
  • This sentence contains a nominal phrase.
  • (engineering) According to plan or design; normal.
  • We'll just do a nominal flight check.
    Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal .
  • (economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation; contrasted with real.
  • My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.
    The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low.
  • * 1991 , Richard J. Gilbert, Regulatory Choices: A Perspective on Developments in Energy Policy , page 267,
  • Comparisons of the costs of the Diablo Canyon plant with other nuclear power plants can be misleading because the available cost data are in nominal dollars and therefore include the toll of inflation over the construction periods.
  • * 2001 , Erich A. Helfert, Financial Analysis: Tools and Techniques: A Guide for Managers , page 467,
  • This simple process allows us to convert nominal dollars into inflation-adjusted real dollars.
  • (statistics, of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant.
  • Antonyms

    * (economics) real

    Derived terms

    * denominal * nominalness * nominally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) A noun or word group that functions as a noun phrase.
  • This sentence contains two nominals .
  • (grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives.
  • Hyponyms

    * noun * pronoun

    Anagrams

    * ----

    plum

    English

    (wikipedia plum)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Cognate with German Pflaume, Dutch pruim. Compare prune

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica , often of a dark red or purple colour.
  • The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica .
  • A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.
  • A desirable thing.
  • A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling, or a person possessing it.
  • A raisin, when used in a pudding or cake.
  • (pejorative) A fool, idiot.
  • (slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species sharing '' with ''Prunus domestica including, among others:
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  • ## Prunus spinosa , the sloe
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  • ## Prunus mume , an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume.
  • The stone-fruit trees which bear these fruits.
  • The fruits of many unrelated trees and shrubs with fruit perceived to resemble plums
  • The trees and shrubs bearing those fruits
  • Synonyms
    * (tree) plum tree, plumtree * ume
    Derived terms
    * American black plum * Assyrian plum * Australian plum * Brazilian plum * Canada plum * Darling plum * East Indian plum * Guinea plum * Indian plum * Jamaica plum * Japanese plum * Japan plum * Morocco plum * Natal plum * Orleans plum * Port Arthur plum * Queensland plum * Satsuma plum * Spanish plum * Tasmanian plum * Victoria plum * yellow Spanish plum * apple-plum * beach plum, beach-plum * black plum of Illawarra * blood plum * bullace plum * cherry plum * chickasaw plum * cocoa plum, coco plum, cocoplum * damascene plum, damask plum, damson plum * date plum, date-plum * dried plum * gingerbread plum * golden plum * gopher plum * gray plum, grey plum * ground plum * hog-plum * horse-plum * leaf curling plum aphid * marmalade plum * mirabelle plum * mountain plum * muscle plum * mussel plum * myrobalan plum, myrobella plum * olive-plum * partridge plum * pear-plum * persimmon-plum * pigeon-plum * plum blossom * plum brandy * plum curculio * plum peach * plum pox * plum pudding, plum-pudding * plum rains * plum sauce * plum tomato * plum tree * plum weevil * plum wine * plum-bird, plum bird * plum-blossom * plum-broth * plum-budder, plum budder * plum-cake * plum-color, plum-colour * plum-colored, plum-coloured * plumcot * plum-damas, plumdamas, plum-damis * plum-dough, plum-duff * plum-fir * plum-gouger, plum gouger * plum-in-the-mouth * plumless * plummy * plum-pie * plum-pockets * plum-porridge * plum-pottage * plumrock * plum-stone * pluot * sapodilla plum * sebesten plum * slugplum * sugar plum, sugar-plum, sugarplum * tamarind plum * the bloom of the plum, the blue of the plum * urucuri plum * wheat-plum * wild plum * yellow plum * yellowgage plum

    Adjective

    (more)
  • (comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.
  • (not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
  • She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm.

    See also

    * briolette * damson * greengage * mirabelle * myrobalan * prune * sapote * slivovitz * sloe * umeboshi * umesu *

    Etymology 2

    Phonetically based spelling of (plumb)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Plumb
  • Adverb

    (-)
  • Completely; utterly.
  • You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.

    Verb

    (plumm)
  • (mining) To plumb.