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Reset vs Homo - What's the difference?

reset | homo |

As nouns the difference between reset and homo

is that reset is an act of resetting to the initial state while homo is Short form of homosexual.

As a verb reset

is to set back to the initial state.

As an adjective homo is

of or pertaining to homosexuality.

As an acronym HOMO is

highest occupied molecular orbital.

reset

English

Etymology 1

Verb

  • To set back to the initial state.
  • *
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=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. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset , and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}
  • To set to zero.
  • To adjust again after an initial failure.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of resetting to the initial state
  • Setting to zero
  • Something that is reset
  • A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something.
  • (typography) That which is reset; printed matter set up again.

    • Derived terms

    * factory reset * resettable * resetter

    Etymology 2

    From (receipt)

    Alternative forms

    * ressett

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scots law) the crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw.

    • References

    * [http://www.police-information.co.uk/legislation/legislationindexsco.html
  • reset]

    • Anagrams

    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms English irregular verbs English past participles English verb simple past forms English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax English verbs with base form identical to past participle

    homo

    English

    Noun

  • (colloquial, often, pejorative) Short form of homosexual.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1938 , author=Cecil Day Lewis , title=Starting point , page=127 citation , isbn= , passage="... He's a homo ."
    "My dear Theo, at my age one can't worry about little details like that. Besides, he's got such a nice voice."}}
    I heard that she's a homo , but she hasn't come out of the closet yet.
  • (uncountable, dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1956 , author=Purdue University. Agricultural Experiment Station. , title=Station bulletin , page=25 citation , passage=One quart of homo wholesale in glass equals one quart equivalent. Certain modifications were made in these relatives to adjust for variations in units per ... }}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
  • (not comparable, Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year=1958 , magazine=American milk review and milk plant monthly , volume=20 , page=190 citation , passage=Regular homo' milk was being sold out of stores in half gallons for 33 cents against 44 cents on regular ' homo milk on home delivery. }}

    Anagrams

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