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Search: "definition" • Results found: 34
What’s the difference between an outlaw, a bandit, and a crook?
What’s the difference between an outlaw, a bandit, and a crook?
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What’s the difference between persons and people?
What’s the difference between persons and people?
Is it “chomping at the bit” or “champing at the bit”?
Is it “chomping at the bit” or “champing at the bit”?
Which “duck” came first: The action or the aquatic bird?
Which “duck” came first: The action or the aquatic bird?
Who was Rube Goldberg?
Who was Rube Goldberg?
What is a poop deck?
What is a poop deck?
What’s the difference between a ship and a boat?
What’s the difference between a ship and a boat?
How many senses do humans have?
How many senses do humans have?
What’s the difference between quarantine and isolation?
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What is the origin of the word defenestration?
What is the origin of the word defenestration?
Why are non-drinkers called teetotalers?
Why are non-drinkers called teetotalers?
What is a wisdom biscuit?
What is a semordnilap?
What’s the difference between a possum and an opossum?
What’s the difference between a possum and an opossum?
What is Yule?
How long is an eon?
On which continent would you find Hawaii?
On which continent would you find Hawaii?
How much is a butt-load?
What is the tallest mountain on earth?
What is the tallest mountain on earth?
What are the Seven Seas?
What’s the difference between jail, prison, and penitentiary?
What’s the difference between jail, prison, and penitentiary?
Why do we say “beforehand” but not “afterhand”?
An interrobang‽ What the what‽
An interrobang‽ What the what‽
Why isn’t ATM an acronym?
Why do we say “big brown dog” instead of “brown big dog”?
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Which came first – the electric car or the gasoline car?
How does an exception prove a rule?
What is a camelopard?
What is a camelopard?
When to use palate, palette, and pallet?
Which came first – the match or the lighter?
Which came first – the match or the lighter?
When does “literally” really mean “figuratively”?
Was Sputnik the first man-made object in space?
Is “combobulated” a word?
Is a scientific theory less certain than a scientific law?
