Water vs Object - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) A chemical, found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid, having the formula H?O, required by all forms of life on Earth.
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, title= # (countable) A serving of water.
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(obsolete) Ancient philosophy.
# (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
# One of the five basic elements (see ).
(often, in the plural) Any body of water, or a specific part of it.
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# (sometimes, countable) Mineral water.
# (countable, often, in the plural) Spa water.
# (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
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# Amniotic fluid; used in the plural in the UK and in singular in North America.
# (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
(figuratively, in the plural, or, in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
(colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
(uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
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The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
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To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
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To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
To get or take in water.
(colloquial) To urinate onto.
To dilute.
(transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
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To fill with or secrete water.
To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
A thing that has physical existence.
The goal, end or purpose of something.
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(grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
(computing) In object-oriented programming, an instantiation of a class or structure.
(obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
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To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.
(obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
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(obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
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As nouns the difference between water and object
is that water is while object is a thing that has physical existence.As a verb object is
to disagree with something or someone; especially in a court of law, to raise an objection.water
Noun
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- Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
- A water' drop placed on the surface of ice can either spread or form a lens depending on the properties of the three phases involved in wetting, i.e., on the properties of the ice, ' water , and gas phases.
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* (English Citations of "water")Synonyms
* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour * (basic elements) earth, air/wind, fire; wood, metal; void/etherHypernyms
* chemical, substance * liquid, fluid * (basic elements) element * (urine) body fluid, bodily fluid, biofluidHyponyms
* heavy water; ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour * mineral water; hard water, soft waterMeronyms
* hydrogen, oxygenDerived terms
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Verb
(en verb)- tears watering the ground
- Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands.
- I need to go water the cattle .
- The ship put into port to water .
- Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
- Can you water the whisky, please?
- Chopping onions makes my eyes water .
- The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water .
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Synonyms
* (urinate) (see the list of synonyms in the entry "urinate") * (dilute) water downAntonyms
* (dilute) refineDerived terms
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Noun
(en noun)- The object of tlachtli was to keep the rubber ball from touching the ground while trying to push it to the opponent's endline.
- Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years.
- The convertible, once object''' of his desire, was now the '''object of his hatred.
- He, advancing close / Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose / In glorious object .
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Synonyms
* (thing) article, item, thing * (person or thing toward which an emotion is directed) target * See alsoDerived terms
* art object * celestial object * deep-sky object * depicted object * direct object * exponential object * first-class object * foreign object * found object * function object * God object * Herbig-Haro object * immutable object * indirect object * initial object * Kuiper belt object/KBO * mental object * Messier object * mock object * mutable object * natural object * null object * object ball * object blindness * object code * object complement * object glass * object language * object lens * object lesson * object orientation * object pronoun * object space * object-control * objecthood * objectify * objectionable * objective * object-oriented * physical object * prepositional object * retained object * second-class object * sex object * superluminal object * terminal object * third-class object * unidentified flying object/UFOSee also
* subjectVerb
(en verb)- I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal.
- He gave to him to object his heinous crime.
- Others object the poverty of the nation.
- The book giveth liberty to object any crime against such as are to be ordered.
- Of less account some knight thereto object , / Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove.
- some strong impediment or other objecting itself
- Pallas to their eyes / The mist objected , and condensed the skies.