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Setaside vs Setdown - What's the difference?

setaside | setdown |

As nouns the difference between setaside and setdown

is that setaside is an amount of money or resources put aside for a specific purpose while setdown is the humbling of a person by act or words.

setaside

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An amount of money or resources put aside for a specific purpose.
  • * 1992 , Paula Duggan, Making sense of federal dollars (page 27)
    • Setasides are stated either in dollar amounts or as a percentage of total funds; in either case, setasides are taken "off the top" of the program's funds.

    See also

    * earmark

    setdown

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The humbling of a person by act or words.
  • A retort or a reproof that has a humbling effect.

    • Synonyms

    * (humbling retort) put-down (Webster 1913)