Tendrils vs Supine - What's the difference?
tendrils | supine |
Lying on its back, reclined
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Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
* Dryden
Negligent; heedless; listless; lethargic; indifferent.
* Woodward
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Passive
* 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press: 1973, page 34,
As nouns the difference between tendrils and supine
is that tendrils is while supine is (grammar) a type of verbal noun.As an adjective supine is
lying on its back, reclined.supine
English
(wikipedia supine)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Christmas queen Mary Berry's aubergine five-nut roast, from her Christmas Collection, is, as the name suggests, rather more focused on the nut side of things. Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice and garlic, is outrageously dense. A single slice of this could leave you supine in front of the Queen's speech without even the wherewithal to reach for the remote control.}}
- If the vine / On rising ground be placed, or hills supine .
- He became pusillanimous and supine , and openly exposed to any temptation.
- Nothing, therefore, can be more contrary than such a philosophy to the supine indolence of the mind.