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Versus vs Vice - What's the difference?

versus | vice |

As prepositions the difference between vice and versus

is that vice is instead of, in place of while versus is against, in opposition to.

As a noun vice

is a bad habit.

As a verb vice

is to hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.

As an adjective vice

is in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank.

As a conjunction versus is

Used to link two or more opposing or contrasting elements.

versus

English

(wikipedia versus)

Conjunction

(English Conjunctions)
  • (Used to link two or more opposing or contrasting elements).

    • Synonyms

    * vs,

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • against, in opposition to.
    • It is the Packers versus the Steelers in the Super Bowl.
  • compared with, as opposed to.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In polling by the Pew Research Center in November 2008, fully half the respondents thought the two parties would cooperate more in the coming year, versus only 36 percent who thought the climate would grow more adversarial. }}
  • * 2005 , Robert E. Weiss, Modeling Longitudinal Data , Springer, ISBN 978-0-387-40271-0, page 104:
    • If, for example, we select random people entering a workout gym, versus if we pick random people entering a hospital, we will get very different samples.
  • Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like).
    • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.

    Synonyms

    * vs,

    Related terms

    * vertex * subvert * invert * convert * evert * verse English coordinating conjunctions ----

    vice

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bad habit.
    • Smoking is a vice , not a virtue.
  • (legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
  • A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
  • * From the case of Scholefield v. Robb (1839).
    • Antonyms
    * (bad habit) virtue
    Derived terms
    * vice squad
    Related terms
    * vicious * vitiate

    See also

    * habit

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ; akin to English withy.

    Alternative forms

    * vise (US)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).
  • A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
  • (obsolete) A grip or grasp.
  • * 1597 , , II. I. 22:
    • Fang. An I but fist him once; an a’ come but within my vice ,–

    Verb

    (vic)
  • To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
  • * 1610 , , I. ii. 416:
    • Camillo. As he had seen’t, or been an instrument / To vice you to't, that you have touched his queen / Forbiddenly
  • * De Quincey
    • The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) , ablative form of vicis.

    Adjective

    vice (no comparative or superlative)
  • in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
    • vice president
    vice admiral
    Derived terms
    * vice admiral * vice governor * vice mayor * vice president

    Preposition

    (head)
  • instead of, in place of
    • A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
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