Pair vs Double - What's the difference?
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Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
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Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plurale tantum)
A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
(cards) A poker hand that contains of two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
(cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match
(baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play
(baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
(slang) A pair of breasts
(Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
(archaic) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
* Charles Dickens
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair'', ''sliding pair'', ''twisting pair .
To group into sets of two.
* Alexander Pope
To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
(politics, slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
* Rowe
(computing) to form wireless connection between to devices
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Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
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Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
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Designed for two users.
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Folded in two; composed of two layers.
Stooping; bent over.
Having two aspects; ambiguous.
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False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
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Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
(lb) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
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(lb) Of time, twice as fast.
Twice over; twofold.
* Jonathan Swift
Two together; two at a time. (especially in see double)
Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
A drink with two portions of alcohol
A ghostly apparition of a living person; .
A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
A redundant item for which an identical item already exists
:I have more than 200 stamps in my collection but they're not all unique: some are doubles .
:Before printing the photos, Liam deleted the doubles .
(baseball) A two-base hit
(bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
(billiards) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
(darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
(darts) A hit on this ring.
(dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) in both sides.
(computing, programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
(soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
(sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
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(historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
(historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
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(music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
To multiply by two.
To fold over so as to make two folds.
To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
* Dryden
To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
(baseball) To get a two-base hit.
(sometimes followed by up ) To clench (a fist).
(often followed by together'' or ''up ) To join or couple.
To repeat exactly; copy.
To play a second part or serve a second role.
To turn sharply; following a winding course.
(nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
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(music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
(bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
To double down.
(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
(followed by for ) To act as substitute.
To go or march at twice the normal speed.
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To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
(military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
(radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
In lang=en terms the difference between pair and double
is that pair is a pair of breasts while double is to duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.In transitive terms the difference between pair and double
is that pair is to bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating while double is to multiply the strength or effect of by two.In intransitive terms the difference between pair and double
is that pair is to suit; to fit, as a counterpart while double is to go or march at twice the normal speed.As an adjective double is
made up of two matching or complementary elements.As an adverb double is
twice over; twofold.pair
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) paire, from (etyl) .Noun
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- There were two pairs on the final vote.
- plunging myself into poverty and shabbiness and love in one room up three pair of stairs
- Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards.
Synonyms
* two objects in a group: duo, dyad, couple, brace, twosome, duplet * (pair of breasts) See alsoDerived terms
* on a pair * grow a pair * in pairs * king pair * pair-horse * pair-oar(ed) * pair production * pair skating * royal pair * strap on a pairVerb
(en verb)- Glossy jet is paired with shining white.
- The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party.
- My heart was made to fit and pair with thine.
- If your computer has a built-in, non-Microsoft transceiver, you can pair the device directly to the computer by using your computer’s Bluetooth software configuration program but without using the Microsoft Bluetooth transceiver.
Derived terms
* pairing * pair off * pair upEtymology 2
Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----double
English
Adjective
(-)Keeping the mighty honest, passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}
Derived terms
* double-cross/doublecross * double agent * double bed * double cousin * double date/double-date * double double * double Dutch * double entendre * double exposure * double fault * doublehearted * double life * double meaning * double negative * double strength * double take * double-team * double tongue * double-tongued * double U * double visionSee also
(coefficient)Adverb
(-)- I was double their age.
Noun
(en noun)- Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles .
- On second thought, make that a double .
- The catcher hit a double to lead off the ninth.
- The sin() function returns a double.
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- As for doubles , they are not worth anything now; and I have still got an egg-cupful my mother used to keep handy to give the baker change from a farthing.
Derived terms
* body double * double-count * see double * stunt doubleVerb
- The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter.
- To make a pleat, double the material at the waist.
- Thus reinforced, against the adverse fleet, / Still doubling ours, brave Rupert leads the way.
- Our earnings have doubled in the last year.
- The batter doubled into the corner.
- A spork is a kind of fork that doubles as a spoon.
- Sailing along the coast, he doubled the promontory of Carthage.
- I found a great ledge of rocks lie out about two leagues into the sea...so that I was obliged to go a great way out to sea to double the point.
- "You double down to the harbour, my lad," said the Captain to Strickland, "and sign on. You've got your papers."
- Strickland set off at once, and that was the last Captain Nichols saw of him.
- Sorry, this store does not double coupons.
- Could you please repeat your last transmission? Another station was doubling with you.
