Smooth vs Unproblematic - What's the difference?
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Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:The outlines must be smooth , imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.
*{{quote-book, year=2005, author=Lesley Brown, title=Sophist, extra=, by=(Plato)
, passage=Teaching that’s done by talking seems to have one rough path and another part which is smoother .}}
Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
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* 2011 , Phil McNulty,
*:England's path to Poland and Ukraine next summer looked to be a smooth one as goals from Ashley Young and Darren Bent gave them a comfortable lead after 31 minutes.
Bland; glib.
*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
*:This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft / Conceal a traitor.
*{{quote-book, year=1912, author=(Gustavus Myers), title=
, passage=This feeling, grounded on the experience of centuries of oppression, was not to be allayed by smooth explanations on the part of the advocates of the Constitution.}}
Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:the only smooth poet of those times
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join / The varying verse, the full-resounding line.
*(John Gay) (1685-1732)
*:When sage Minerva rose, / From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows.
(lb) Suave; sophisticated.
*{{quote-book, year=2003, author=T. Lewis Humphrey, isbn=0595272606, title=
, passage=He was so smooth and handsome. He knew just what to say and when to say it.}}
(lb) Natural; unconstrained.
*{{quote-book, year=2006, author=Mary Kay Moskal and Camille Blachowicz, title=
, passage=In order for a reading to be smooth and effortless, readers must be able to recognize and read words accurately, automatically, and quickly.}}
(lb) Unbroken.
*{{quote-book, year=1927, author=United States (National Guard Bureau), title=
, page=181
, passage=Demonstrate first by the numbers and then as one smooth movement.}}
Placid, calm.
*, title=
, passage=As we worked to the southward, we picked up fair weather, and enjoyed smooth seas and pleasant skies.}}
(lb) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
*{{quote-book, year=1994, author=Robert E. Swanson, isbn=0801845564, title=
, passage=A leaf having a smooth margin, without teeth or indentations of any kind, is called entire.}}
*{{quote-book, year=1997, author=Christopher Dickey, isbn=0684842009, title=
, passage=Out of the handles flipped the smooth blade and the serrated blade, which was dangerously sharp, the flathead screwdrivers, the Phillips screwdriver, the can opener, the awl.}}
(lb) Not grainy; having an even texture.
*{{quote-book, year=1997, author=Lou Seibert Pappas, isbn=0811815730, title=
, passage=A compact and stylish design, it produces 1 generous quart of excellent, smooth ice cream in 20 to 25 minutes.}}
(lb) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
*{{quote-book, year=2002, author=Candace Irvin, isbn=0373079362, title=
, passage=The coffee was smooth , so smooth she took another sip.}}
Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
*{{quote-book, year=2003, author=Eric W. Weisstein, isbn=1584883472, title=
, passage=Any ANALYTIC FUNCTION is smooth . But a smooth function is not necessarily analytic.}}
Lacking marked aspiration.
*{{quote-book, year=1830, author=Benjamin Franklin Fisk, title=
, passage=
Smoothly.
* Shakespeare
Something that is , or that goes smoothly and easily.
* Bible, Genesis xxvii. 16
* {{quote-book, year=1860, author=Anne Manning, title=The Day of Small Things
, passage=Things are often equalized by roughs and smooths being set against one another.}}
A smoothing action.
* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=Julienne Van Loon, title=Road Story, isbn=1741146216
, passage=She brushes down her hair with a little bit of spit and a smooth of her hand and opens the bright green door, walking a few metres, squinting.}}
A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
* {{quote-book, year=1916, author=William Ernest Castle and Sewall Wright, title=Studies of Inheritance in Guinea-pigs and Rats
, passage=In the 4-toe stock there is a wide gap between the lowest rough and the smooths which come from the same parents.}}
A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
* {{quote-book, year=1999, author=Peter Childs and Mike Storry, title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture, isbn=0806991356
, passage=By the early 1970s, skinhead culture began to mutate into the variant ‘white ethnic’ styles of the suedeheads and smooths .}}
(statistics) The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.
* {{quote-book, year=1990, author=Wolfgang Härdle, title=Applied Nonparametric Regression, isbn=0521429501
, passage=A smooth of the potato data set has already been given in Figure 1.2.}}
To make smooth or even.
* {{quote-book, year=1961, author=William Gibson, title=The Miracle Worker, isbn=0573612382
, passage=She smooths her skirt, looking as composed and ladylike as possible.}}
To make straightforward.
* 2007 , Beth Kohn, Lonely Planet Venezuela (page 379)
(statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
* {{quote-book, year=1999, author=Murray R. Spiegel and Larry J. Stephens, title=Schaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems of Statistics, isbn=0070602816
, passage=
Not controversial or problematic.
*1933 , Gustav Mueller, "Concerning Platonic Esthetics," The Journal of Philosophy , vol. 30, no. 13 p. 338,
*:Love for a balanced, harmonious, self-sufficient and unproblematic existence is the root of Greek art.
*1983 , Robert Hughes, "
*:Peace, security, the untroubled enjoyment of unproblematic Nature: such is the main motif of Constable's work.
As adjectives the difference between smooth and unproblematic
is that smooth is having a texture that lacks friction not rough while unproblematic is not controversial or problematic.As an adverb smooth
is smoothly.As a noun smooth
is something that is , or that goes smoothly and easily.As a verb smooth
is to make smooth or even.smooth
English
(wikipedia smooth)Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal) * (verb) smootheAdjective
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A Grammar of the Greek Language, page=5
Synonyms
* evenAntonyms
* rough * uneven * bumpyDerived terms
* smooth breathing * smooth collie * smooth jazz * smooth move * smooth muscle * smooth operator * smooth sailing * smoothen * smoothie * smoothly * smoothnessAdverb
(er)- Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Noun
(en noun)- The smooth of his neck.
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Verb
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- Caracas can be a tough place but the tremendously good-natured caraqueños smoothed my passage every step of the way.
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Derived terms
* smooth down * smooth endoplasmic reticulum * smoother * smooth hound * smoothing circuit * smoothing consumption * smoothing press * smooth out * smooth over * smooth-spoken * smooth-tonguedSee also
* (smoothing)Anagrams
* (l)unproblematic
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Alternative forms
* unproblematicalAdjective
(en adjective)The Wordsworth of Landscape", Time , 25 Apr.,