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Violent vs Unratable - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between violent and unratable

is that violent is involving extreme force or motion while unratable is that cannot be rated.

As a verb violent

is to urge with violence.

As a noun violent

is an assailant.

violent

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Involving extreme force or motion.
  • A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.
  • Involving physical conflict.
  • We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if needed.
  • Likely to use physical force.
  • The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent .
  • Intensely vivid.
  • The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.
  • (obsolete) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
  • * Shakespeare
  • These violent delights have violent ends.
  • * T. Burnet
  • No violent state can be perpetual.
  • * Milton
  • Ease would recant / Vows made in pain, as violent and void.

    Antonyms

    * peaceful

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To urge with violence.
  • (Fuller)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An assailant.
  • ----

    unratable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * unrateable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That cannot be rated.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 18, author=Eric Dash, title=Overhaul Leaves Rating Agencies Largely Untouched, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=“Lacking any significant performance history, rating agencies rated unratable products for regulatory approval and escaped liability for doing so under First Amendment protection,” said Joseph Mason, a finance professor at Louisiana State University. }}