Steep vs Vertical - What's the difference?
steep | vertical |
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
(informal) expensive
(obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
(of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular
(ambitransitive) To soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove components to or from the item
* Wordsworth
To imbue with something.
* Earle
A liquid used in a steeping process
A rennet bag.
A vertex or zenith.
A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
A vertical component of a structure.
(marketing) A vertical market.
Along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the center of the Earth.
In a two dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis.
(marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
As adjectives the difference between steep and vertical
is that steep is of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical while vertical is along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the center of the earth.As nouns the difference between steep and vertical
is that steep is a liquid used in a steeping process while vertical is a vertex or zenith.As a verb steep
is (ambitransitive) to soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove components to or from the item.steep
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) . The sense of “sharp slope” is attested circa 1200; the sense “expensive” is attested US 1856.Adjective
(er)- a steep''' hill or mountain; a '''steep''' roof; a '''steep''' ascent; a '''steep barometric gradient
- Twenty quid for a shave? That's a bit steep .
- (Chapman)
- The steep rake of the windshield enhances the fast lines of the exterior. [http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070303/news_lz1dd3maynard.html]
Synonyms
* brantEtymology 2
From (etyl) stepen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)- They steep skins in a tanning solution to create leather.
- The tea is steeping .
- In refreshing dew to steep / The little, trembling flowers.
- The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin.
- a town steeped in history
Derived terms
* (l)Noun
- Corn steep has many industrial uses.
References
vertical
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Noun
(en noun)- We offer specialised accounting software targeting various verticals .