Ration vs Thesaurus - What's the difference?
ration | thesaurus |
To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
To restrict (an activity etc.)
A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.
(archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
(information science) A hierarchy of subject headings—canonic titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.
As nouns the difference between ration and thesaurus
is that ration is while thesaurus is thesaurus.ration
English
(wikipedia ration)Verb
(en verb)- We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.
- By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.
- Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.
Anagrams
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English
(wikipedia thesaurus)Noun
(en-noun)- "Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus'' that lists words under general concepts rather than just close synonyms.