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This tag is for questions related to definitions and nuances of meaning of a word or phrase.

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In a sentence where I define something, am I the arbiter of the word being defined as being ...

Treasure and people are not the same in their plurality. Treasure is a mass noun, similar to furniture or water and therefore is syntactically singular and should always be referred to as such. Treasu …
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Difference between contract and catch [a disease]

I would like to add a distinction that is perhaps not wholly semantic, but rather pragmatic - that contract has a stronger connotation than does catch, it sounds more like something serious. I think …
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