Polite vs Clarity - What's the difference?
polite | clarity |
Well-mannered, civilized.
* (Alexander Pope)
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, title= (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
* (Isaac Newton)
(obsolete) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
The state, or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.
As an adjective polite
is well-mannered, civilized.As a verb polite
is (obsolete|transitive) to polish; to refine; to render polite.As a noun clarity is
the state, or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.polite
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- He marries, bows at court, and grows polite .
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite .}}
- rays of light falling on a polite surface
Usage notes
* The one-word comparative form (politer) and superlative form (politest) exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts (term) and (term).Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* impolite * rudeDerived terms
* over-polite * politeness * polite societyVerb
(polit)- (Ray)
References
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* 1000 English basic words ----clarity
English
(wikipedia clarity)Noun
(en-noun)- She dreamed, with great clarity , that she had been seen her own death.
- Lack of clarity on the part of the teacher will cause confusion among the students.