An analogy compares two subjects to focus on the similarities
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“Eat” is to “feed” as “drink” is to what?
I can say "I feed someone". Am I forced to say "I give someone a drink", or is there a single word for this (as in "I [verb] someone")? Unfortunately my thesaurus can't really help me.
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You quench your thirst. What do you do with your hunger?
What is the equivalent of "quench" when speaking of hunger? Is it appropriate to say you quenched your hunger?
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“Trainer” is to “trainee” as “mentor” is to what?
What do you call someone who is being mentored? Is it mentoree or mentee? Does the term student or pupil imply a context outside the business environment?
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Winter - wintry; summer - summery; spring - ?; autumn -?
wintry:
characteristic of winter, esp. in feeling or looking very cold and bleak: "a wintry landscape".
summery: belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer; "summery weather";
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'Patriotism' is to 'Country' as _______ is to 'City'
The title's pretty self explanatory! I can't seem to find a word which means exactly this, but I would be amazed if it doesn't exist.
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“Taste” is to “flavor” as “touch” and “sight” are to what?
For the senses, we have:
flavor for taste
aroma/odor/scent for smell
sound for hearing
____? for touch/feel
____? for sight/see
So one tastes a flavor, smells an aroma, hears a sound, feels a(n) ...
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“Left” and “right” are to “side” as “front” and “rear” are to what?
Is there an equivalent word to "side" when speaking of the front or rear of something (e.g. a car)?
So, a mechanic might say:
You damaged your wing-mirror? Ok, which side?
... or...
You ...
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“Warm” is to “warmth” as “cool” is to what?
Is there a word for "coolness" that corresponds to warmth?
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How do you form the 'north' and 'south' versions of 'occident' and 'orient'?
How does one correctly form the "north" and "south" forms for which occident and orient are "west" and "east"?
I found boreal and austral, but those look like adjectives and I'm after the nouns.
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“Race” is to “racism” as “religion” is to what?
I've heard "racist" being used in a few cases to describe bigotry towards people of a certain religion. It's a bit annoying because it implies that all people of a religion are the same race, which is ...
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Why king and queen rather than king and kingess?
Dukes have duchesses, counts countesses, princes princesses, mayors mayoresses, and even emperors empresses. Yet kings have queens rather than say, kingesses. Why is this so? If this was due to some ...
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What's the adjective form of “sauce” as “salty” is to “salt”?
Saucy has a totally different meaning. When I describe food having too much sauce, I would like to use an adjective, however salty is not really applicable here.
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“Visualized” equivalent adjective for audio
Are there such words as "audiolized" or "audibilized"?
EDIT: Merriam-Webster has the word Audibilized indexed with no definition! What I was trying to achieve was to say that something is an ...
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“Endorse” vs. “condone”
What is the difference in meaning/connotation between the two words? Is endorse "stronger", more positive?
Also, endorse is to endorsement as condone is to what? Is there a noun counterpart?
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What is an alternative (more positive) analogy to “beating a dead horse”?
I'm looking for an analogy for my repeated attempts to revive interest in a project. The phrase beating a dead horse almost fits the bill, but a dead horse refers to a subject that is no longer ...
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Is there a word akin to “hungry” or “thirsty” that implies a need to urinate?
Sometimes my brain (maybe because I'm not a native English speaker) tends to come up with logical extensions to common formats; in this case, more than once I caught myself thinking (not out loud, ...
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What would you call the object of an activity one does for fun?
For instance, the object related to cooking is a "dish", when playing it is "sport" or "game", when singing it's a "song".
Which single term would describe the object for the general act of doing ...
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“Employee” is to “employer” as “dependent” is to what? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
A depends on B, is A dependant, or is B dependant?
I'm trying to find a word that is the counterpart to "dependent", i.e. refers to the one who the dependent relies ...
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Is this passage an example of a metaphor, analogy, or both?
"The movement of humanity, arising as
it does from innumerable arbitrary
human wills, is continuous. To
understand the laws of this continuous
movement is the aim of history. . . .
Only ...
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Is “plantingly” an adverb?
Is plantingly an adverb form of plant? Can you give me a example sentence?
Edit: This use of plantingly came from the following quote:
Firstly I [would like] to thank you for taking the time from ...
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“Push” is to “pushable” as “enable”/“disable” are to what?
If you can push something you could say it is pushable. What do you say about something which you can enable and about something which you can disable?
