Nuisance vs Handicap - What's the difference?
nuisance | handicap | Synonyms |
A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
(legal) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
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(lb) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
An old card game.
:(Samuel Pepys)
To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
(by extension) To place at disadvantage.
To estimate betting odds.
Nuisance is a synonym of handicap.
As nouns the difference between nuisance and handicap
is that nuisance is a minor annoyance or inconvenience while handicap is something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.As a verb handicap is
to encumber with a handicap in any contest.nuisance
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Noun
(wikipedia nuisance) (en noun)- a public nuisance
Synonyms
* (minor annoyance or inconvenience) annoyance, inconvenience, offense * (person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience) bother, obstacle, pestAntonyms
* (minor annoyance or inconvenience) enjoymentDerived terms
* nuisance tax ----handicap
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* Benghazi HandicapVerb
(handicapp)- The candidate was heavily handicapped .
- Grandpa Andy would buy the racing form the day ahead of time so he could handicap the race before he even arrived at the track.