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Emaciated vs Skinny - What's the difference?

emaciated | skinny | Synonyms |


As adjectives the difference between emaciated and skinny

is that emaciated is thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease while skinny is having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.

As a verb emaciated

is past tense of emaciate.

As a noun skinny is

the details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.

Broadcast vs Talk - What's the difference?

broadcast | talk | Synonyms |


As nouns the difference between broadcast and talk

is that broadcast is a transmission of a radio or television programme aired to be received by anyone with a receiver while talk is a conversation or discussion.

As verbs the difference between broadcast and talk

is that broadcast is to transmit a message or signal via radio waves or electronic means while talk is to communicate, usually by means of speech.

As an adjective broadcast

is (omnidirectionally)cast or scattered widely, in all directions.

Deaden vs Dope - What's the difference?

deaden | dope | Synonyms |

Deaden is a synonym of dope.


As verbs the difference between deaden and dope

is that deaden is to render less lively; to diminish; to muffle while dope is .

As an adjective dope is

doped.

Dexterous vs Quick - What's the difference?

dexterous | quick | Synonyms |

Dexterous is a synonym of quick.


As adjectives the difference between dexterous and quick

is that dexterous is skillful with one's hands while quick is moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

As an adverb quick is

(colloquial) with speed, quickly.

As a noun quick is

raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

As a verb quick is

to amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.

Articulate vs Hard - What's the difference?

articulate | hard | Synonyms |

Articulate is a synonym of hard.


As nouns the difference between articulate and hard

is that articulate is (label) an animal of the subkingdom articulata while hard is stove, heater; an enclosed space in which fuel (usually wood) is burned to provide heating, usually for cooking.

As an adjective articulate

is clear, effective.

As a verb articulate

is to make clear or effective.

Bolt vs Jump - What's the difference?

bolt | jump | Synonyms |

Bolt is a synonym of jump.


As nouns the difference between bolt and jump

is that bolt is (land covered by trees) while jump is the act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound or jump can be a kind of loose jacket for men.

As a verb jump is

to propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

As an adverb jump is

(obsolete) exactly; precisely.

As an adjective jump is

(obsolete) exact; matched; fitting; precise.

Close vs Unventilated - What's the difference?

close | unventilated | Synonyms |

Close is a synonym of unventilated.


As adjectives the difference between close and unventilated

is that close is closed, shut while unventilated is not ventilated, lacking ventilation.

As a verb close

is (label) to remove a gap.

As a noun close

is an end or conclusion or close can be an enclosed field.

Conciliatory vs Placatory - What's the difference?

conciliatory | placatory | Synonyms |

Conciliatory is a synonym of placatory.


As adjectives the difference between conciliatory and placatory

is that conciliatory is willing to conciliate, or to make concessions while placatory is that placates; pacifying.

Moody vs Flighty - What's the difference?

moody | flighty | Synonyms |

Moody is a synonym of flighty.


As a proper noun moody

is .

As an adjective flighty is

given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.

Housing vs Quarters - What's the difference?

housing | quarters | Synonyms |

Housing is a synonym of quarters.


As nouns the difference between housing and quarters

is that housing is (uncountable) the activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone while quarters is .

As a verb housing

is .

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