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Surd vs Burd - What's the difference?

surd | burd |

As nouns the difference between surd and burd

is that surd is cheerfulness, alacrity, eagerness while burd is poetic maiden, young woman.

surd

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (arithmetic) An irrational number, especially one expressed using the ? symbol.
  • (linguistics) A voiceless consonant.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Lacking the sense of hearing; deaf.
  • * Sir Thomas Brown
    • a surd generation
  • (obsolete) unheard
    • (Kenrick)
  • (math) Involving surds, or irrational numbers; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers.
    • a surd''' expression or quantity; a '''surd number
  • (phonetics) unvoiced; voiceless

    • Anagrams

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    burd

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • poetic Maiden, young woman

    • Anagrams

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