View vs Level - What's the difference?
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(label) Visual perception.
# The act of seeing or looking at something.
#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
#* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
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# The range of vision.
#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
# Something to look at, such as scenery.
#* (1777-1844)
# (label) Appearance; show; aspect.
#* (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)
A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
(label) Opinion, judgement, imagination.
# A mental image.
#* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
# A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
#* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
# A point of view.
# An intention or prospect.
#* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with; a user interface.
A wake. (rfex)
To look at.
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, volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= To show.
The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
* Milton
At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with .
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 Unvaried in frequency.
Calm.
In the same position or rank.
* Shakespeare
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, title=Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom, work=BBC Sport
Straightforward; direct; clear.
* M. Arnold
Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
* Shakespeare
(phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection.
A tool for finding whether a surface is , or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
Degree or amount.
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(computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
(gaming) One of several discrete segments of a game generally increasing in difficulty. Often numbered. Often, each level occupies different physical space (levels don't require any direct physical relationship to each other, e.g. vertically stacked, horizontally chained, etc).
(gaming) A numeric value that quantifies a character's experience and power.
A floor of a multi-storey building.
(British) an area of almost perfectly flat land.
To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
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To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
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*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:He levels mountains and he raises plains.
(lb) To progress to the next level.
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To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
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*(John Stow) (c.1525–1605)
*:Bertram de Gordon, standing on the castle wall, levelled a quarrel out of a crossbow.
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*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
To make the score of a game equal.
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, title= To levy.
*2007 , Mary Jacoby, EU investigators endorse charges against Intel , Wall Street Journal Europe, 17 January, p.32, col.5:
*:Ultimately, Ms. Kroes [European Union Antitrust Commissioner] could level a fine and order Intel to change its business practices.
(lb) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
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To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:For all his mind on honour fixed is, / To which he levels all his purposes.
As nouns the difference between view and level
is that view is (label) visual perception while level is leaf (part of a plant).As a verb view
is to look at.view
English
Noun
(en noun)- Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view .
- Objects near our view are thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.
- The walls of Pluto's palace are in view .
- 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view .
- [Graces] which, by the splendor of her view / Dazzled, before we never knew.
- I have with exact view perused thee, Hector.
- to give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty
- No man sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason.
Antonyms
* (part of computer program) model, controllerDerived terms
* angle of view * bankruptcy view * bird's-eye view * by-view * clear view screen * counterview * exploded view * field of view * in full view * in view of * out of view * page view * pay-per-view * point of view * rear-view * viewable * view angle * view camera * viewfinder/view finder * viewgraph * viewless * viewpoint * viewy * worldview/world-view/world view * worm's-eye view/worm's eye viewVerb
(en verb)Obama's once hip brand is now tainted, passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* preview * review * viewer * viewingSee also
* see * look * voyeurStatistics
*Anagrams
*level
English
(wikipedia level)Adjective
(er)- the smooth and level pavement
citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}
- Young boys and girls / Are level now with men.
citation, passage=After a poor start to the season, Roy Hodgson's men are now unbeaten in four matches and 10th in the Premier League table, level with Aston Villa on 11 points.}}
- a very plain and level account
- a level''' head; a '''level understanding
- a level consideration
Antonyms
* unbalanced * uneven * tiltedDerived terms
* level playing field * dead levelNoun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}
Derived terms
* bonus level * dead level * on the level * spirit level * split level * to the next levelSee also
*Verb
Tottenham 1-2 Norwich, passage=Holt was furious referee Michael Oliver refused to then award him a penalty after Ledley King appeared to pull his shirt and his anger was compounded when Spurs immediately levelled .}}
