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Rely vs Ring - What's the difference?

rely | ring |


As a verb rely

is to rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend.

As a noun ring is

ring (a place where some sports take place; as, a boxing ring) .

Mob vs Ring - What's the difference?

mob | ring | Related terms |

Mob is a related term of ring.


As an initialism mob

is (nautical) m'an '''o'''ver ' b oard, used eg on the emergency button of a satellite navigator by pushing the button the operator stores the coordinates of a man overboard incident for easy access.

As a noun ring is

ring (a place where some sports take place; as, a boxing ring) .

Ring vs Corona - What's the difference?

ring | corona | Related terms |

Ring is a related term of corona.


As a noun ring

is ring (a place where some sports take place; as, a boxing ring) .

As a verb corona is

.

Ring vs Compass - What's the difference?

ring | compass | Related terms |

Ring is a related term of compass.


As nouns the difference between ring and compass

is that ring is ring (a place where some sports take place; as, a boxing ring) while compass is a magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).

As a verb compass is

to surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.

As an adverb compass is

(obsolete) in a circuit; round about.

Ring vs Curl - What's the difference?

ring | curl | Related terms |

Ring is a related term of curl.


As nouns the difference between ring and curl

is that ring is ring (a place where some sports take place; as, a boxing ring) while curl is a piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet.

As a verb curl is

(lb) to cause to move in a curve.

Strip vs Ring - What's the difference?

strip | ring | Related terms |

Strip is a related term of ring.


As nouns the difference between strip and ring

is that strip is (countable|uncountable) material in long, thin pieces while ring is ring (a place where some sports take place; as, a boxing ring) .

As a verb strip

is to remove or take away.

Ring vs Hem - What's the difference?

ring | hem | Related terms |

Ring is a related term of hem.


As nouns the difference between ring and hem

is that ring is ring (a place where some sports take place; as, a boxing ring) while hem is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention or hem can be (sewing) the border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.

As an interjection hem is

used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

As a verb hem is

to make the sound expressed by the word hem ; to hesitate in speaking or hem can be (in sewing) to make a hem.

As a pronoun hem is

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