Speculation vs Soup - What's the difference?
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The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.
* Milton
* 2012 , Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 December 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/03/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-expecting-baby?intcmp=122]
(philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
* Sir W. Temple
* Macaulay
(business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
* A. Smith
* F. A. Walker
Examination by the eye; view.
(obsolete) Power of sight.
* Shakespeare
A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture.
* c. 1430' (reprinted '''1888 ), Thomas Austin, ed., ''Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London:
# (countable) A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.
# (uncountable) The liquid part of such a dish; the broth.
(figuratively) Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
# (slang) Thick fog or cloud (also (pea soup)).
# (US, slang) Nitroglycerin or gelignite, especially when used for safe-cracking.
# (cant) Dope (illicit drug, used for making horses run faster or to change their personality).
# (photography) Processing chemicals into which film is dipped, such as developer.
# (biology) Liquid or gelatinous substrate, especially the mixture of organic compounds that is believe to have played a role in the origin of life on Earth.
# An unfortunate situation; trouble, problems (a fix, a mess); chaos.
#* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter I and X
, passage=B. Wickham had also the disposition and general outlook on life of a ticking bomb. In her society you always had the uneasy feeling that something was likely to go off at any moment with a pop. You never knew what she was going to do next or into what murky depths of soup' she would carelessly plunge you. [...] “It may be fun for her,” I said with one of my bitter laughs, “but it isn't so diverting for the unfortunate toads beneath the harrow whom she plunges so ruthlessly ' in the soup .”}}
# (surfing) The foamy portion of a wave.
(uncommon) To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.
* 1904 October, East is East and West is West'', in ''The Vassar Miscellany , volume 34, number 1, page 236:
* (rfdate), Diza Sauers, Historama , page 152:
* 2008 , C Mark Chapoton, A Tale of Two Iditarods , page 34:
To be in trouble or in difficulty (often passive--cf. (in the soup)).
* {{quote-book
, year=1922
, author=(James Joyce)
, title=(Ulyssis)
, section=II
, passage=Luck I had the presenee [sic] of mind to dive into Manning's or I was souped .}}
(photography) To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.
* 1970 December, in The Rotarian , volume 117, number 6, page 31:
* 1991 , Ruth Jean Dale, Society Page :
* 1998 , Edward Gorman, Cold Blue Midnight :
* 2005 , Jock Lauterer, Community Journalism: A Personal Approach , page 242:
(obsolete) To sup or swallow.
(obsolete) To breathe out.
As nouns the difference between speculation and soup
is that speculation is speculation while soup is or soup can be any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture.As a verb soup is
or soup can be (uncommon) to feed: to provide with soup or a meal.speculation
English
Noun
(wikipedia speculation) (en noun)- Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts.
- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday.
- From him Socrates derived the principles of morality, and most part of his natural speculations .
- To his speculations on these subjects he gave the lofty name of the "Oracles of Reason".
- Sudden fortunes, indeed, are sometimes made in such places, by what is called the trade of speculation .
- Speculation , while confined within moderate limits, is the agent for equalizing supply and demand, and rendering the fluctuations of price less sudden and abrupt than they would otherwise be.
- Thou hast no speculation in those eyes.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* "on speculation" (on spec) Creating a work with the hope of selling it, as opposed to creating a work "on commission" for hire.Anagrams
* *soup
English
(wikipedia soup)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Etymology 2
(1645) (etyl) soupe, from (etyl) souppe, sope, from . See also sop.Noun
- Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup .
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- Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke
- primordial soup
Derived terms
* alphabet soup * beef soup * beer soup * bird's nest soup * bread soup * canned soup * chicken soup * condensed soup * cream soup * dessert soup * duck soup * egg droup soup * fish soup * French onion soup * fruit soup * in the soup * leek soup * lentil soup * miso soup * mock turtle soup * noodle soup * oxtail soup * pea soup * primordial soup * she-crab soup * soup bowl * soup du jour * souped-up * souper * souping * soup dumpling * soup fire * soup kitchen * soup legs * soup of the day * soup plate * soup's on * soup sandwich * soup to nuts * soup up * soupy * stone soup * tomato soup * vegetable soup * wine soup * winter melon soup * word soupHyponyms
* bisque * bouillon * broth * chowder * * cream soup * gazpacho * gruel * porridge * * summer soup *Verb
(en verb)- "I was so mad, I let him wait half an hour to-night before I souped him."
- She cooked huge stock pots and souped her dogs once a day.
- I souped the dogs, and went in for a bite. I ended up going back out and making my pups a full meal, then went back in and pigged out myself.
- That girl Vivienne, by the way, once worked as a secretary in the workshop of The Rotarian, began "souping " her own snapshots at home, went from there to top rank as a New York color photographer specializing in small children
- "Then perhaps it won't surprise you to learn Annie's taking over the Sunday social column," Roz said. "You photo-guys'll be souping her film."
- And her camera position had been completely out of his sight. Satisfied that she'd gotten everything she'd needed - much more, in fact - she went back inside and got to work. Jill had souped her first photographs while she'd been on
- By 6 pm Beau and I are back at the paper, souping the film, when Woody rushes into the room.
- (Wyclif)
- (Camden)