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toaster | philosophy |

As nouns the difference between toaster and philosophy

is that toaster is toaster while philosophy is (uncountable|originally) the love of wisdom.

As a verb philosophy is

to philosophize.

toaster

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who toasts.
  • A device for toasting bread, English muffins, crumpets, etc.
  • A self-contained software package (or appliance) distributable over the Internet or by burning onto CDs.
  • (informal, derogatory) An electronic organ, especially a crude one that uses analog technology.
  • (informal, derogatory) Any of several small, box-like automobiles exemplified by the .
  • Descendants

    * German: (l)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    philosophy

    Alternative forms

    * philosophie (obsolete) * phylosophie (obsolete) * phylosophy (nonstandard)

    Noun

  • (uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
  • (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.
  • * 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
  • During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy , he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
  • (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
  • (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
  • (countable) A general principle (usually moral).
  • (archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
  • Meronyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * analytic philosophy * antiphilosophy * continental philosophy * personal philosophy * philosophize * philosophy of mind

    Verb

  • To philosophize.
  • *, II.12:
  • Plato hath (in my seeming) loved this manner of Philosophying , Dialogue wise in good earnest, that therby he might more decently place in sundry mouthes the diversity and variation of his owne conceits.

    See also

    * * ideology