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Commission vs Duty - What's the difference?

commission | duty | Synonyms |

Commission is a synonym of duty.


As a noun commission

is a sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).

As a verb commission

is to send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.

As an adjective duty is

hollow (having an empty space inside).

Place vs Fix - What's the difference?

place | fix | Synonyms |


In informal terms the difference between place and fix

is that place is a house or home while fix is a single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.

In transitive terms the difference between place and fix

is that place is to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job while fix is to render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.

In intransitive terms the difference between place and fix

is that place is to earn a given spot in a competition while fix is to become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

As an abbreviation FIX is

abbreviation of lang=en|factor IX clotting factor IX.

Luxuriant vs Teeming - What's the difference?

luxuriant | teeming | Synonyms |

Luxuriant is a synonym of teeming.


As an adjective luxuriant

is abundant in growth or detail.

As a verb teeming is

.

Fire vs Bake - What's the difference?

fire | bake | Synonyms |


In transitive terms the difference between fire and bake

is that fire is to forcibly direct (something) while bake is to dry by heat.

In intransitive terms the difference between fire and bake

is that fire is to shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon while bake is to be baked to heating or drying.

Largess vs Gratuity - What's the difference?

largess | gratuity | Synonyms |

Largess is a synonym of gratuity.


As nouns the difference between largess and gratuity

is that largess is (uncountable) generosity in the giving of gifts or money while gratuity is a reward, service, or payment provided freely, without obligation.

Licentious vs Abandoned - What's the difference?

licentious | abandoned | Synonyms |

Licentious is a synonym of abandoned.


As adjectives the difference between licentious and abandoned

is that licentious is lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct while abandoned is self-abandoned, or given up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked; as, an abandoned villain .

As a verb abandoned is

(abandon).

Judge vs Appraiser - What's the difference?

judge | appraiser | Synonyms |


As nouns the difference between judge and appraiser

is that judge is (public judicial official)A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice while appraiser is one who performs appraisals.

As a verb judge

is to sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.

As a proper noun Judge

is {{surname}.

Drastic vs Outlandish - What's the difference?

drastic | outlandish | Synonyms |

Drastic is a synonym of outlandish.


As adjectives the difference between drastic and outlandish

is that drastic is extreme; severe while outlandish is bizarre, strange.

Celestial vs Stellar - What's the difference?

celestial | stellar | Synonyms |


As adjectives the difference between celestial and stellar

is that celestial is relating to heaven in a religious sense while stellar is of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.

As a noun celestial

is an inhabitant of heaven.

Embryonic vs Rough - What's the difference?

embryonic | rough | Synonyms |

Embryonic is a synonym of rough.


As adjectives the difference between embryonic and rough

is that embryonic is (embryology) of or relating to an embryo while rough is having a texture that has much friction not smooth; uneven.

As a noun rough is

the unmowed part of a golf course.

As a verb rough is

to create in an approximate form.

As an adverb rough is

in a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

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