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In navigation, what's the difference between bearing, heading, direction, and course?
Specifically, in real-world use, I would think that "course" and "heading" tend to imply a vector of movement, while "bearing" and "direction" might refer only to which way one is facing.
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Can you call someone who chooses to quit his/her study in college as alumnus?
Oxford dictionary on alumnus:
a male former pupil or student of a particular school, college, or university
Oxford dictionary on dropout:
a person who has abandoned a course of study or who ...
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Are there different noun forms of 'complex' and 'complicated?'
There are subtle differences between complex and complicated. As far as I can tell, though, they both merge into one noun form: complexity.
Merriam-Webster has an entry for complicatedness, but that ...
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Is there a technical term for what creationists call “macroevolution”? [closed]
The term macroevolution is often abused (see the section "Misuse" in the Wikipedia article) by creationists who are referencing the Biblical concept of immutable "kinds" of animals.
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“Innocent” vs. “immature”
I'm trying to decide how to describe someone. He is not very wise, but that is also due to his ignorance. Should I use "innocence" or "immature" and can someone please explain the difference between ...
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How is “admire” used in “to admire them a great deal”?
I knew that admire can be used in phrases like "admire somebody" or "admire somebody for something", but recently I have found the following sentence in my Collins dictionary:
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