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As adjectives the difference between greek and regular

is that greek is (greek) while regular is (christianity) bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to (secular)).

As nouns the difference between greek and regular

is that greek is nonsense writing or talk; gibberish while regular is a member of the british army (as opposed to a member of the territorial army or reserve).

As a verb greek

is (computing) to display a placeholder instead of text, especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.

greek

English

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation):

Noun

  • (countable) An inhabitant, resident, or a person of descent from Greece.
  • (US, countable) A member of a college fraternity or sorority, which are commonly characterised by being named after Greek letters. (See also Greek system)
    • "Was Joe a Greek in college?"
  • (uncountable) Unintelligible speech or text, such as foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the listener is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon; or statements that the listener does not understand or agree with.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1821 , author=Mary Jane Mackenzie , title=Geraldine, or Modes of faith and practice , page=8 citation , isbn= , passage="I don't hear one word in ten that they say," continued Mrs. Abingdon; "it's Greek to me. However, ..."}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1859 , author=Kinahan Cornwallis , title=Two journeys to Japan, 1856-7, Volume 2 , page=246 citation , isbn= , passage="It's all Greek to me," said my companion at the outset, but as the warrior continued, his fears arose within him; it might be sentence of death — what did he know what it might not be?}}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year=1951 , date=December , author= , coauthors= , title=Which Kind of Life Insurance Policy? , magazine=Changing Times - The Kiplinger Magazine , volume=5 , issue=12 , page=28 citation , passage=...preferred risk...family maintenance...20-pay life. That's a bare sampling of the merchandise you're asked to pick and choose from. If it sounds like Greek' to you, don't worry. It sounds like ' Greek to most people. }}
  • (uncountable, slang) Anal sex.
  • * 2001 , "(unknown)", ASP: "Julie" of Oral-Land-Oh'' (on newsgroup ''alt.sex.prostitution )
    • She is absolutely a total GFE, no limits, except no Greek . (Well...I say “no Greek” - - if she is really hot for you, and if she is really turned on in a long session, she might beg for a finger in her anus while you suck her clit, but she is just too tiny and tight for any “real meat” in the backdoor.)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The language of the Greek people, spoken in Greece and in Greek communities.
  • The writing system used in Greek language.

    • Usage notes

    In writings about the modern world, Greek is used primarily for the modern language currently spoken in Greece, and Ancient Greek will be used for older forms of the language. In the classics and other pre-modern studies, Greek will be used for the old forms of the language, and if the modern language is mentioned, it will be called Modern Greek.

    Derived terms

    * Ancient Greek * Byzantine Greek * Cappadocian Greek * Indo-Greek * Mediaeval Greek * Modern Greek * Mycenaean Greek * Proto-Greek

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of or relating to Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language.
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  • (lb) Of or pertaining to a fraternity or sorority.
  • Unintelligible, especially regarding foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the speaker is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon.

    • Synonyms

    * Graeco- * Grecian * Hellenic * Helleno-

    Derived terms

    * Ancient Greek * Classical Greek * Demotic Greek * Greek alphabet * Greek chorus * Greek fire * Greek house * Greekish * Greek numbers * Greek Orthodox * Greek salad * Greek system * it's all Greek to me * Koine Greek * Modern Greek * Protogreek

    Related terms

    * (El Greco) * Grecian * Greco- * Greco-Roman

    See also

    * (wikipedia) (Other headwords of interest) * Dhimotiki * Hellenic * Hellenism * Hellenistic * Hellenize * Katharevousa * Koine * (el) * Language list

    Statistics

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    External links

    * Greek–English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition. * * *

    regular

    English

    (wikipedia regular)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to (secular)).
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 201:
    • A quarter of a million strong in 1680, the clergy was only half as large in 1789. The unpopular regular clergy were the worst affected.
  • Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
  • (geometry, of a polygon) Having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
  • (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
  • Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
  • * 2011 , (AL Kennedy), The Guardian , 12 Apr 2011:
    • April may be the cruellest month, but I am planning to render it civilised and to take my antibiotics in a regular manner.
  • (now, rare) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).
  • Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
  • (chiefly, US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
  • *
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.}}
  • (chiefly, military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
  • Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.
  • (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
  • Belonging to a monastic order or community.
    • regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
  • (botany, zoology) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
    • a regular''' flower; a '''regular sea urchin
  • (crystallography) isometric
  • (snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward. BBC Sport, "Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe", 11 February 2014
  • (analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.

    • Synonyms

    * (with constant frequency) uniform * (normal) normal * (grammar) weak (verbs) * (frequent) steady

    Antonyms

    * (with constant frequency) irregular * (normal) irregular * (obeying rules) irregular * (grammar) irregular, strong (verbs) * (snowboarding) goofy

    Related terms

    * irregular * quasiregular * rail * * regimen * regulate * regulation * regularity * regularly * rule * semiregular

    Coordinate terms

    * (snowboarding) switch

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
  • A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
    • Bartenders usually know their regulars by name.
  • A frequent customer, client or business partner.
    • This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars .
  • (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
  • Anything that is normal or standard.
  • * 2011 , Jamie MacLennan, ZhaoHui Tang, Bogdan Crivat, Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
    • You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars , some are shooters, and some are peewees.

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