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Porta vs Sorta - What's the difference?

porta | sorta |

As a verb porta

is .

As an adverb sorta is

(informal) sort of; somewhat; not quite.

As a contraction sorta is

(colloquial) sort of.

porta

English

Noun

(portae)
  • (anatomy) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilum.
  • (anatomy) The foramen of Monro.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    sorta

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (informal) Sort of; somewhat; not quite.
    • The portraits on the wall aren't so useful, just sorta cool to have around
  • * 1912 , Caspar Whitney, Albert Britt, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction , Volume 60, page 680,
    • 'Webb,' he says sorta sorrowful like, 'it looks like a howlin' shame to have a bang-up American girl hooked up to a money-grubbin' member of the British nobility. '
  • * 1993 July, Sort of a Hero'', in '' , page 34,
    • In fact the whole thing sorta backfired on old Chuck — and on me and Pete too. Instead of laughing about it, most people thought it was pretty crummy.

    Synonyms

    * kinda

    Contraction

  • (colloquial) sort of.
    • There's gotta be some sorta explanation.
  • * 2001 , Lawrence A. Wenzel, The Sandcastle at High Tide , page 97,
    • He glanced at her then back at me. "What sorta research?"
    "Well, war correspondent might not be too far off," I said.

    Anagrams

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