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Striking vs Unfamiliar - What's the difference?

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Striking is a related term of unfamiliar.


As adjectives the difference between striking and unfamiliar

is that striking is making a strong impression while unfamiliar is strange, not familiar.

As nouns the difference between striking and unfamiliar

is that striking is the act by which something strikes or is struck while unfamiliar is an unfamiliar person; a stranger.

As a verb striking

is .

striking

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Making a strong impression.
  • :
  • *
  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking . In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something strikes or is struck.
  • * 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
    • We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

    Anagrams

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    unfamiliar

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Strange, not familiar.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=United were second-best for long periods as they struggled to adapt to an unfamiliar line-up and were ultimately fortunate to leave Merseyside with their unbeaten league run still intact.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unfamiliar person; a stranger.