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Technically vs Kinda - What's the difference?

technically | kinda |

As adverbs the difference between technically and kinda

is that technically is based on precise facts while kinda is (colloquial) kind of; somewhat.

As a contraction kinda is

(colloquial) kind of.

As an interjection kinda is

yes in some respects but no in other respects.

As a noun kinda is

a subspecies of baboon, , primarily found in angola, the democratic republic of the congo, zambia, and possibly western tanzania.

technically

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Based on precise facts.
    • Technically he was Canadian, but everyone assumed he was American.
  • Having the skills or talent required for a certain job or profession.
    • Although she is technically gifted, her piano playing lacks passion.
  • According to the current state of science.
    • For now, it is technically impossible to have a manned flight to Mercury.

    kinda

    English

    Etymology 1

    Written form of a of "kind of"

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (colloquial) kind of; somewhat
    • I kinda hafta do this right now.
    That's kinda funny.
  • *{{quote-magazine
    • , date=12 , year=1912 , month=October , first= Courtney Ryley , last=Cooper , author= , coauthors= , title=Somewhere Safe to Sea , volume=50 , issue= , page=18 , magazine=Collier's , publisher=Crowell-Collier Publishing Company , issn= v=onepage&q=collier's%20kinda%20soft&f=false'>citation , passage=But when I spoke about it he just smiled and shook his head, and started whistling to himself kinda soft. }}
  • * 2006 , Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent, Same Kind of Different As Me , page 13,
    • In those days, flour sacks was kinda purty. They might come printed up with flowers on em, or birds.
  • * 2010 , Eric Anthony Galvez DPT CSCS, Reversal: When a Therapist Becomes a Patient , page 37,
    • The facial expression on my mask kinda looks like Han Solo in the carbonite...

    Contraction

  • (colloquial) kind of.
  • * 2008 , Jacob Curtis, The Song Itself: A Gnostic Remembrance , page 68,
    • What kinda music do ya want ta play? Do ya want volume or somethin' more subtle?

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Yes in some respects but no in other respects.

    • Etymology 2

    After the town of Kinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (kinda baboon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A subspecies of baboon, , primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania.
  • * 2006 , , Volume 212, Issues 4-6, page 18,
    • In the wild, when a baboon called a kinda pairs with a chacma or yellow baboon, their progeny is still a baboon — but it's a hybrid of interest to Society grantees Jane Phillips-Conroy and Clifford Jolly, who are tracking gene flow in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park.

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