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Rad vs Rand - What's the difference?

rad | rand |

In lang=en terms the difference between rad and rand

is that rad is excellent, short for radical while rand is reasonable and nondiscriminatory; a standard used with respect to licensing.

As an adjective rad

is excellent, short for radical.

As a verb rand is

to rant; to storm.

As a proper noun Rand is

the Witwatersrand, a gold-mining geographic area also known as the Reef in the province of Gauteng, South Africa, of which the principal city is Johannesburg.

rad

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (slang) Excellent, short for radical.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (metrology) A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray.
  • (automotive, plumbing, slang)

    • Synonyms

    * (metrology) rd (abbreviation)

    See also

    * deg * grad

    Anagrams

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    rand

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete except in dialects) the border of an area of land, especially marsh-land
  • (obsolete except in dialects) a strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • a strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe
  • (basket-making) a single rod woven in and out of the stakes

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) rand, from (etyl) rand'', from Germanic ''*randaz.'' Compare Etymology 1, and ''Rand .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • a rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
  • The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.

    • See also

    *

    Etymology 3

    See rant.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To rant; to storm.
  • * J. Webster
    • I wept, and raved, randed , and railed.

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