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Starter vs Basic - What's the difference?

starter | basic |

As a noun starter

is starter (person or device).

As an adjective basic is

basic.

starter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who starts something.
  • a starter on a journey
  • # The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag
  • # (baseball) A starting pitcher.
  • Something that starts something.
  • It's small, but it's a good starter house.
  • # An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine
  • # A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp
  • # A yeast culture used to start a fermentation process
  • The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
  • (team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
  • A dog that rouses game.
  • Synonyms

    * (first course of a meal) hors d’oeuvre

    Anagrams

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    basic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Necessary, essential for life or some process.
  • Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
  • Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
  • The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is purely basic .
  • (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
  • (slang) Vapid, boring, or uncool.
  • * 2011 , (Kreayshawn), "(Gucci Gucci)", (w, Somethin' 'Bout Kreay) :
  • Gucci Gucci, Louis Louis, Fendi Fendi, Prada / Them basic bitches wear that shit, so I don't even bother
  • * 2013 , Sam Stryker, " Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway?", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11:
  • I'm not saying people are jealous of Hathaway because she is so perfect. Yes, she does have it all — husband, healthy career, good looks. But she doesn't do anything in an "awesome" way. She's basic .
  • * 2014 , Trevor Thrall, " Firing Line: Rowling says ‘JK,’ Ron and Hermione not meant to be", The Daily Campus (Southern Methodist University), Volume 99, Issue 54, 3 February 2014, page 4:
  • And what can be said about Ginny? She’s basic . My guess is that she spends her time drinking pumpkin spice lattes and watching “Pretty Little Liars.” The Chosen One is way out of her quidditch league.
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  • Synonyms

    * See also * (chemistry) alkaline

    Antonyms

    * (chemistry) acidic

    Derived terms

    * basically * BASIC

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
  • Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
  • An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
  • Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.
  • (military) Basic training.
  • Anagrams

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