Resolute vs Solute - What's the difference?
resolute | solute |
Firm, unyielding, determined.
* Shakespeare
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(obsolete) Convinced; satisfied; sure.
Loose; free; liberal
Relaxed, hence, merry; cheerful
* Young
Able to be dissolved; soluble
(botany) Not adhering; loose; opposed to adnate
(obsolete) To dissolve.
(obsolete) To absolve.
In obsolete terms the difference between resolute and solute
is that resolute is convinced; satisfied; sure while solute is to absolve.As adjectives the difference between resolute and solute
is that resolute is firm, unyielding, determined while solute is loose; free; liberal.As a noun solute is
any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution.As a verb solute is
to dissolve.resolute
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.
- He was resolute in his decision to stay.
- Edward is at hand, / Ready to fight; therefore be resolute .
- If the Coward Bumble Bee / In his chimney corner stay, / I, must resoluter be!
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Usage notes
* The one-word comparative form resoluter and superlative form resolutest are both well attested, though not as common as the two-word forms “more resolute” and “most resolute”.Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* irresolutesolute
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a solute interpretation
- (Francis Bacon)
- A brow solute , and ever-laughing eye.
- a solute salt
- a solute stipule
Verb
(solut)- to solute sin
- (Bale)