Profile vs Alex - What's the difference?
profile | alex |
(countable) the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object
(countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
(countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
(countable) a specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems
(uncountable) reputation
(uncountable) the amount by which something protrudes
(uncountable) prominence; noticeability
(archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
(architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
(civil engineering) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
to create a summary or collection of information, especially about a person
to act based on such a summary; especially, to act on a stereotype. See profiling.
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* 2006 (Kate Atkinson), One Good Turn (Black Swan(2007), ISBN 9780552772440), page 81:
*:Martin was pretty dull as names went but 'Alex' Blake' had a certain dash to it. His publishers hadn't considered Martin's own name to be 'punchy' enough. The pseudonym ' Alex Blake was chosen after much deliberation, most of which excluded Martin. 'A strong, no-nonsense sort of name', his editor said, 'to compensate'. For what, she didn't say.
, short form of Alexandra or the female name Alexis, or a spelling variant of Alix.
* 2008 , The Northern Clemency (Harpercollins, ISBN 9780007174799), page 588:
As a verb profile
is .As a proper noun alex is
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(wikipedia profile)Noun
- His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
- The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman.
- Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
- I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.
- Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.
- Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile .
- What's the thermal profile on that thing?
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Proper noun
(es)- 'I had a Christmas card from someone calling herself Alex the year before last,' Daniel said. 'I couldn't think who it was.'
- 'Oh, yes, she's changed again,' Alice said. 'I never got used to Alexandra, either. It never occurred to me that Sandra was short for Alexandra - anyway, she's Sandra on her birth certificate.'
