Questions tagged [germanic-vs-latinate-vocabulary]
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Teutonic for the thing, Romance for the reflection
In the first chapter of Capital on page 126 (1990 Penguin Edition), a footnote is attached to the sentence, "The usefulness of a thing makes it a use-value."
In English writers of the ...
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Is there a word that is specific to a number being divisible specifically by 5?
I'm searching for a word that would indicate an attraction to — or consistent use of — numbers that are divisible by "5".
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Tom always bets on numbers ending in 5 or 0 because he is ...
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What is the difference between Ghost and Apparition?
I'm stuck at getting the clear and sharp difference between these two words. WikiDiff says:
As nouns the difference between apparition and ghost is that apparition is an act of becoming visible; ...
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