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Alcoholism vs dipsomania

Alcoholism is an addiction or a dependency on alcohol. The word alcoholism comes from the Modern Latin word alcoholismus, which was coined in the mid-1800s by Magnus Huss, a professor of medicine in Sweden. However, Huss used the word to describe an illness that is called alcohol poisoning, today. At this time, alcoholism was labeled as habitual drunkeness, and other similar terms. Dipsomania is a type of alcoholism which is characterized by periodic bouts of uncontrollable craving for alcohol. Alcoholism …

Bone vs debone

by Grammarist

Bone, when used as a verb, means to remove the bones from meat or fish, usually before cooking. Related words are bones, boned, boning. The word bone comes from the Old English word ban which means tusk or bone. Debone means to remove the bones from meat or fish, usually before cooking. Related words are debones, deboned, deboning. The word debone is derived from the Old English word ban which means tusk or bone, and the Latin prefix de-, which …

Bain-marie vs double boiler

by Grammarist

A bain-marie is a cooking container filled with water in which another pan or dish is placed in order to cook food more slowly or with more moisture. The term bain-marie is taken directly from the French, it literally translates as Mary’s bath. Note that when cooking with a bain-marie the pan or dish that contains the food is put directly into the hot water bath. The plural form is bains-marie. Bain-marie is often seen unhyphenated as in bain marie, …

Droid vs. Android vs. Robot – What’s the Difference?

by Candace Osmond

We live in a time where technology is constantly advancing, almost faster than we can create it now that we have AI. So, you’re going to see terms like droid, android, and robot get thrown around a lot more. But what do these words actually mean? Can you use them interchangeably? Do they mean the same thing? Don’t worry, I’ll break down everything you need to know about the difference between robots, droids, and androids. Difference Between Android vs. Robot …

Doxing and doxxing

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Doxing is the act of publishing private information and identifying information about an individual online with intent to harm. Doxing is done in order to shame someone, encourage other online users to intimidate someone, or put the person being doxed in actual danger. Doxing may be spelled with two “x‘s”, as in doxxing. Doxing may be used as a noun or a verb, related terms are dox, doxes, doxed, dox, doxxes, doxxed. Doxing is a new word, it was added …

Nocturnal vs diurnal

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Nocturnal describes happenings that occur during the nighttime or plants and animals that are active during the nighttime. Nocturnal is an adjective, the adverb form is nocturnally. The word nocturnal comes from the Latin word nocturnus, which means belonging to the night. Diurnal describes happenings that occur during the daytime or plants and animals that are active during the daytime. Diurnal is an adjective, the adverb form is diurnally. The word diurnal comes from the Latin word diurnalis, which means …

Dissent vs descent

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Dissent means to disagree with a commonly or officially held opinion, to refuse to conform with a church’s orthodox beliefs. Dissent may be used as a noun or a verb, related words are dissents, dissented, dissenting, dissentingly, dissenter, dissension. The word dissent is derived from the Latin word dissentire, which means to disagree, to quarrel, to contradict. Descent means to move in a downward direction, to slope downward, to fall, to decline. Descent may also refer to a degeneration, to …

Doublethink, doublespeak or double-talk

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Doublethink is the ability to accept two conflicting beliefs, opinions, or facts as valid and correct, simultaneously. This acceptance might be deliberate or unconscious, and is often a result of political indoctrination. Doublethink may happen because of someone being willfully perverse or as a result of faulty logic. Doublethink is a word coined by George Orwell for the novel 1984. Doublespeak is the use of euphemistic or ambiguous language in order to disguise what one is actually saying. Some examples …

Didactic vs pedantic

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Didactic refers to something that is intended to teach something or demonstrate something, especially something to do with morality. Didactic instruction is characterized as ponderous, boring, or pushing a moral agenda in an underhanded fashion. Didactic comes from the Greek word didaktikosm, which means apt at teaching. Didactic is an adjective, related words are didactically, didacticism. Pedantic means focusing too much on trivial details when discussing or teaching material. A pedantic person is not discerning when considering which items or …

Deduct vs deduce

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Deduct means to take away a portion of something, to subtract something. Deduct is a transitive verb, which is a verb that takes an object. Related words are deducts, deducted, deducting and the noun form, deduction, which causes the confusion between deduct and deduce. Deduct comes from the Latin word deducere, which means lead down, bring away. Deduce means to draw a conclusion through the use of logic and reason. Deduce is a transitive verb, related words are deduces, deduced, …

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