Wikidiffcom vs Fathom - What's the difference?
wikidiffcom | fathom |
(obsolete) Grasp, envelopment, control.
(nautical) A measure of length corresponding to the outstretched arms, standardised to six feet, now used mainly for measuring depths in seas or oceans.
(by extension) Mental reach or scope; penetration; the extent of capacity; depth of thought or contrivance.
* Shakespeare
(archaic) To encircle with outstretched arms, especially to take a measurement; to embrace.
To measure the depth of, take a sounding of.
(figuratively) To get to the bottom of; to manage to comprehend (a problem etc.).
As a noun fathom is
(obsolete) grasp, envelopment, control.As a verb fathom is
(archaic) to encircle with outstretched arms, especially to take a measurement; to embrace.wikidiffcom
Not English
Wikidiffcom has no English definition. It may be misspelled.fathom
English
Noun
(en noun)- Another of his fathom they have none / To lead their business (Othello, I.i. 151-2).
Synonyms
*(measure of length corresponding to the outstretched arms) braceVerb
(en verb)- I can't for the life of me fathom what this means.