Deep vs Wise - What's the difference?
deep | wise | Synonyms |
Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
#Extending far down from the top or surface; having its bottom far down.
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#*:Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
#Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction away from a point of reference.
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#In a (specified) number of rows or layers.
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#Thick.
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#*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
#A long way inside; situated far in or back.
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## Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.
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##(label) Relatively farther downfield.
Complex, involved.
#Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.
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#To a significant, not superficial, extent.
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#*2013 September 28, (Kenan Malik), "
#*:While Britain’s recession has been deep and unforgiving, in London it has been relatively shallow.
#Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure.
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#* (Thomas De Quincey):
#*:Why it was that the ancients had no landscape painting, is a question deep almost as the mystery of life, and harder of solution than all the problems of jurisprudence combined.
#Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
#*(rfdate), (William Shakespeare):
#*:deep clerks
Low in pitch.
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(lb) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken ).
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Immersed, submerged (in).
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Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
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*:The ways in that vale were very deep .
Deeply.
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The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
(US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
The sea, the ocean.
(cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.
Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
(colloquial) Disrespectful.
To become wise.
(ergative, slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
(archaic) Way, manner, method.
* 1850 , The Burden of Nineveh , lines 2-5
* 1866 , , A Ballad of Life , lines 28-30
* 1926 , J. S. Fletcher, Sea Fog , page 308
(dialectal) to instruct
(dialectal) to advise; induce
(dialectal) to show the way, guide
(dialectal) to direct the course of, pilot
(dialectal) to cause to turn
As adjectives the difference between deep and wise
is that deep is Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.wise is showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.As nouns the difference between deep and wise
is that deep is the deep part of a lake, sea, etc while wise is way, manner, method.As an adverb deep
is deeply.As a verb wise is
to become wise.As an acronym WISE is
acronym of wing-in-surface effect|lang=en.deep
English
Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
Synonyms
* * (having great meaning) heavy, meaningful, profound * (in extent in a direction away from the observer) * (thick in a vertical direction) thick * (voluminous) great, large, voluminous * (low in pitch) low, low-pitched * bright, rich, vividAntonyms
* shallow * (having great meaning) frivolous, light, shallow, superficial * (in extent in a direction away from the observer) shallow * (thick in a vertical direction) shallow, thin * (voluminous) shallow, small * (low in pitch) high, high-pitched, piping * light, pale, desaturated, washed-outSee also
* tall * wide * high * thickAdverb
(en adverb)- Deep -versed in books, and shallow in himself.
- Drink deep , or taste not the Pierian spring.
- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
Noun
- creatures of the deep
- Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep .
Derived terms
* ankle-deep * beauty is only skin deep * deep background * deep blue sea * deep copy * deepen * deep down * deep drawing * deep end * deep fat * deep-fet * deep-freeze * deep freezer * deep-fry * deep in the money * deep in thought * deep kiss/deep-kiss * deep-laid * deep link * deep-mouthed * deep out of the money * deep pockets * deep-read * deap sea/deep-sea * deep-seated * deep-set * deep-six * Deep South * deep space * deep structure * deep supporting fire * deep thinker * Deep Thought * Deep Throat * deepthroat * deep vein thrombosis/DVT * deep web * deep well * in too deep * knee-deep * neck-deep * skin-deep * still waters run deep * waist-deepSee also
* deepsStatistics
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* 1000 English basic wordswise
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) wis, wys, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch wijs, German weise, Swedish vis. Compare wit.Adjective
(er)- Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.
- They were considered the wise old men of the administration.
- "It is a profitable thing, if one is wise , to seem foolish" - Aeschylus
- Don't get wise with me!
Usage notes
* Objects: person, decision, advice, counsel, saying, etc.Antonyms
* unwise * foolishDerived terms
* crack wise * wisdom * wiseacre * wise apple * wiseass * wisecrack * wise guy * wise-hearted * wiseling * wiselike * wiseness * wizen * wizard * word to the wiseVerb
(wis)- Mo wised him up about his situation.
- ''After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- ... the prize
- Dead Greece vouchsafes to living eyes, —
- Her Art for ever in fresh wise
- From hour to hour rejoicing me.
- A riven hood was pulled across his eyes;
- The token of him being upon this wise
- Made for a sign of Lust.
- And within a few minutes the rest of us were on our way too, judiciously instructed by Parkapple and the Brighton official, and disposed of in two taxi-cabs, the drivers of which were ordered to convey us to Rottingdean in such wise that each set his load of humanity at different parts of the village and at the same time that the bus was due to arrive at the hotel.