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“Illusion” and “delusion” [closed]
My French-English dictionary translates delusion with the French word illusion.
Could anyone tell me when to use either?
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Lexically recognized synonym for “humblebrag”?
As one might guess, a humblebrag is one who uses a pretense of humility as a vehicle for boasting. This word can be found at Urban Dictionary but, it appears, nowhere more authoritative. Yet, of ...
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Alternative to “accessible”
In the context of a technical manual, engineers use the word "accessible" to indicate that a piece of hardware should have "easy access" for repair, maintenance, and other modifications.
What would ...
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What is the noun for “implore”?
What is the noun form of the word "implore"?
I saw some suggestions online for "imploration", but this seems awkward to me.
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A Vocabulary word meaning: “ to completely embody the meaning of a term ” [closed]
Example:
( a really REALLY bad situation )
This situation __ FUBAR
Some synonyms I can come up with:
embodies
exemplifies
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Difference between lexicon and dictionary
What is the difference between a lexicon and a dictionary?
Is a lexicon just an über-big dictionary?
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Differences between “vulgar” and “coarse”, “crass”, “crude”, “rough”, “rude”, “unrefined” as applied to language
This question specifically covers how these terms are used to describe language, it is a followup to What's the difference between "informal", "colloquial", "slang", ...
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Difference between “empathetic” and “empathic”
Apparently both words empathetic and empathic mean the same thing, yet I see one person refer to the specific type of writing as empathetic writing, while another empathic writing. Who's correct and ...
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Word for “Ray of Hope”
Which word or phrase to use instead of "Ray of Hope" ?
EDIT : In a general context.
Suppose there is one line - There is a Ray Of Hope in darkness always.
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A word for “rate of change”
Physics problems are usually written like:
The rate of change of the soup's temperature ...
Is there a common English word that captures "rate of change" or "speed of change" in a single word, ...
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Curriculum vitae: Proper qualifiers for skills
I am updating my curriculum vitae, and there is a section where I list my experience with several technologies and programming languages. I would like to group my experience in two categories; namely, ...
