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As nouns the difference between version and virgin

is that version is a specific form or variation of something while virgin is a person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.

As a verb version

is to keep track of (a file, document, etc.) in a versioning system.

As an adjective virgin is

in a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.

As a proper noun Virgin is

mary, the mother of Jesus.

version

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A specific form or variation of something.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=‘[…] There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—’}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
  • , author=Frank Fish, George Lauder , title=Not Just Going with the Flow , volume=101, issue=2, page=114 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}
  • A translation from one language to another.
  • (obsolete) The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
  • An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account.
  • (computing) A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.).
  • (medicine) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion.
  • (ophthalmology) An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction.
  • (obsolete, or, medicine) A change of form, direction, etc.; transformation; conversion.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • The version of air into water.

    Synonyms

    * ver,

    See also

    * CVS * revision control * versioning * bible

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) To keep track of (a file, document, etc.) in a versioning system.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    virgin

    English

    (wikipedia virgin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
  • (informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
  • I've never eaten tofu before – you could say I'm a tofu virgin .
  • Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
  • A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
  • Synonyms

    * (person who has never had sexual intercourse) maiden (dated; used of a woman only''), unicorn bait (qualifier), virgo intacta (''medical term; used of a woman only ), vestal

    Adjective

    (-)
  • In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) Milton
  • Innocence and virgin modesty / That would be wooed, and unsought be won.
  • * 1913 , (DH Lawrence), Sons and Lovers , Penguin 2006, p. 294:
  • He was now about twenty-three years old, and, though still virgin , the sex instinct that Miriam had over refined for so long now grew particularly strong.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 314:
  • Helvidius took the plain meaning of scripture to say that Jesus patently had brothers and sisters, so therefore his mother, Mary, had enjoyed a normal family life rather than remaining perpetually virgin .
  • Of a physical object, untouched.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) Shakespeare
  • the white cold virgin snow upon my heart
  • Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
  • virgin''' prairie'', ''a '''virgin ecosystem'', ''virgin forest
    The virgin lands of the Americas were awaiting the Europeans.
  • Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
  • Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.
  • a virgin daiquiri

    Synonyms

    * (of a physical object) brand new, pristine, unspoilt, untouched

    Derived terms

    * extra virgin * virginal * virgin birth, Virgin Birth * virginity * Virgin Islands * Virgin Mary

    Anagrams

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