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Surd vs Sord - What's the difference?

surd | sord |

As nouns the difference between surd and sord

is that surd is cheerfulness, alacrity, eagerness while sord is (rare) a flock of mallards.

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

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    sord

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A flock of mallards
    • (Milton)

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