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Straighten vs Solve - What's the difference?

straighten | solve |

As verbs the difference between straighten and solve

is that straighten is to cause to become straight while solve is to find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.

As a noun solve is

(obsolete) a solution; an explanation.

straighten

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cause to become straight.
  • To become straight.
  • To put in ; to tidy up.
  • to straighten one's affairs, or an account
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  • To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).
  • (slang) To .
  • To stand up, especially from a sitting position.
  • Derived terms

    * straightener * straighten out

    See also

    * straiten

    solve

    English

    Verb

    (solv)
  • To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
  • * South
  • True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
  • * Tickell
  • God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.
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  • (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
  • (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
  • Derived terms

    * resolve * solution

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A solution; an explanation.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Anagrams

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