Onset vs Felidae - What's the difference?
onset | felidae |
A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare),
* (rfdate) (William Wordsworth),
(medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
(phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
(acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
(obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.
* (rfdate) (Francis Bacon),
(obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
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, title= (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
(obsolete) To set about; to begin.
As a noun onset
is a rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.As a verb onset
is (obsolete) to assault; to set upon.As a proper noun felidae is
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(en noun)- The onset and retire / Of both your armies.
- Who on that day the word of onset gave.
- There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.
High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.}}
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