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Nugget vs Ferocious - What's the difference?

nugget | ferocious |

As a noun nugget

is (countable) a small, compact chunk or clump.

As an adjective ferocious is

marked by extreme and violent energy.

nugget

English

Noun

  • (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
  • a gold nugget
  • (countable) A tidbit of something valuable.
  • a nugget of wisdom
  • (uncountable) A type of boot polish.
  • (countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant.
  • (countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
  • * 2009 , Nick Scipio, Nereids :
  • Jack stifled a smirk at the ensign's expressionless non-reaction. He'd been a nugget himself once, the new guy fresh from training.
  • (comptheory) A partial description gleaned from data mining.
  • * 2002 , Data Mining: A Heuristic Approach (page 93)
  • We have previously said that the heuristic algorithms produce good nuggets for most classes and most ? values

    Derived terms

    * nuggety * chicken nugget

    ferocious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Marked by extreme and violent energy.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.}}
  • Extreme or intense.
  • Synonyms

    * fierce

    Derived terms

    * ferociously