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Partial vs Slushball - What's the difference?

partial | slushball |

As nouns the difference between partial and slushball

is that partial is (mathematics) a partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while slushball is a ball of slush; a partially melted snowball.

As an adjective partial

is existing as a part or portion; incomplete.

partial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
    • So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.
  • (computer science) Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.
    • It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.
  • Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.
    • The referee is blatantly partial !
  • * Alexander Pope
    • a partial parent
  • Having a predilection for something.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • not partial to an ostentatious display

    Antonyms

    * (biased) impartial

    Derived terms

    * impartial * impartiality * impartially * partiality * partially * partial to

    Related terms

    * part * partly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables.
  • (music) An overtone or harmonic.
  • (dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth

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    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ball of slush; a partially melted snowball.
  • * 2003 , Jerry Spinelli, Loser
    • The glove is wet because the balls he has been throwing have been more slushballs than snowballs, because slushballs as everybody knows fly truer and harder, the only problem being they sog up your woolen gloves with icy wetness