Worth vs Matter - What's the difference?
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Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
Deserving of.
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(obsolete, except in Scots) Valuable, worth while.
Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.
(countable) Value.
(uncountable) Merit, excellence.
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(obsolete, except in set phrases) To be, become, betide.
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* 14th century , Pearl poet, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Substance, material.
# (physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.
# (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter).
# A kind of substance.
# Written material (especially in books or magazines).
# (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
* Bible, (w) xviii. 22
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An approximate amount or extent.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
* (w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)
* (William Congreve) (1670-1729)
(obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
* (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
(obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(obsolete) Pus.
To be important.
:The only thing that matters to Jim is being rich.
:Sorry for pouring ketchup on your clean white shirt! - Oh, don't worry, it does not matter .
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It mattered little as Newcastle's challenge faded and Villa began to dominate the game in midfield, and it was only Barton's continued sense of injustice that offered the visitors any spark in a tame contest.}}(transitive, obsolete, outside, dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.
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*:Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof
To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
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*:Each slight sore mattereth .
As nouns the difference between worth and matter
is that worth is (countable) value while matter is .As a preposition worth
is having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.As a verb worth
is (obsolete|except in set phrases) to be, become, betide.worth
English
Etymology 1
From worth or wurth, from (etyl) .Preposition
(English prepositions)- My house now is worth double what I paid for it.
- Cleanliness is the virtue most worth having but one.
- I think you’ll find my proposal worth your attention.
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- This job is hardly worth the effort.
Usage notes
The modern adjectival senses of worth'' compare two noun phrases, prompting some sources to classify the word as a preposition. Most, however, list it an adjective, some with notes like "governing a noun with prepositional force." says, "the adjective ''worth requires what is most easily described as an object." Joan Maling (1983) shows that worth is best analysed as a preposition rather than an adjective. CGEL (2002) analyzes it as an adjective.Derived terms
* for what it's worth/FWIW * more trouble than it's worth * not worth a dime * worth a try * worth every penny * worthful * worth it * worth its weight in gold * worthless * worth one's salt * worth one's while * worth the risk * worthwhile * worthyNoun
- I’ll have a dollar's worth of candy, please.
- They have proven their worths''' as individual fighting men and their '''worth as a unit.
- Our new director is a man whose worth is well acknowledged.
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Derived terms
* all one's life's worth * a dime's worth * comparable worth * disworth * jobsworth * money's worth * net worth * pennyworth * self-worth * tuppence worth/tuppenceworth * two pennies' worth * worthenEtymology 2
From (etyl) (Norwegian verta, Swedish varda), Latin vertere.Verb
- For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon weorthan'' equivalent to the German ''werden'', means to grow, to become; traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, ‘What is word of him?’ meaning ‘What is become of him?’ and the like. Nay we in modern English still say, ‘Woe worth the hour.’ ''[i.e. Woe befall the hour]
- Corsed worth cowarddyse and couetyse boþe! [i.e. Cursed be cowardice and covetousness both]
- Woe worth the man that crosses me.
Derived terms
* outworthReferences
* * * * Joan Maling (1983),Transitive Adjectives: A Case of Categorial Reanalysis, in F. Henry and B. Richards (eds.), Linguistic Categories: Auxiliaries and Related Puzzles , vol.1, pp. 253-289.
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English
(wikipedia matter)Noun
- if the matter should be tried by duel
- Son of God, Saviour of men! Thy name / Shall be the copious matter of my song.
- Every great matter' they shall bring unto thee, but every small ' matter they shall judge.
- The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
- No small matter of British forces were commanded over sea the year before.
- Away he goes,a matter of seven miles.
- I have thoughts to tarry a small matter .
- He is the matter of virtue.
- And this is the matter why interpreters upon that passage in Hosea will not consent it to be a true story, that the prophet took a harlot to wife.
Synonyms
* material * stuff * substanceDerived terms
(Terms derived from the noun "matter") * a small matter - Somewhat, slightly * as a matter of fact - Actually * as a matter of law * back matter * baryonic matter * baryonic dark matter * degenerate matter * fecal matter * for that matter - In regards to * front matter * gray matter, grey matter * matterless * matter-of-fact * matter of record * mind over matter * mattery * no matter * organic matter * particulate matter * state of matter * strange matter * subject-matter * what's the matter * white matterVerb
(en verb)Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle, passage=Despite further attempts by Agbonlahor and Young, however, they could not find the goal to reward their endeavour.
It mattered little as Newcastle's challenge faded and Villa began to dominate the game in midfield, and it was only Barton's continued sense of injustice that offered the visitors any spark in a tame contest.}}