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Asked on December 20, 2021 in Single word requests.
One of the usages of Subvert: To
- cause to serve a purpose other than the original or established one; commandeer or redirect: “A short, virus-like piece of DNA that replicates itself… by subverting the cell’s DNA replication machinery” (Richard Dawkins). What is The Freedictionary? This
would additionally carry the implication of undermining the Plan, which is as it is not clear as at issue, perhaps a better option is either: Co-opt To take
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- assume for one’s own use; appropriate: co-opted the criticism by embracing it. Or Appropriates (verb)
to
take possession
- of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission: My coworker appropriated my unread newspaper ( ibid.)
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Word choice.
The terms are roughly synonymous but do have distinct uses that set them apart from each other as well. Two point to respective classes of vehicles, however the complete range of vehicles each term form separate but overlapping sets.
Can car refers to objects that aren’t automobiles (e.g., railway carriages) Full Definition of
Car 1 : –
A vehicle moving on wheels: as a archaic
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: carriage, chariot b: a
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vehicle designed to move on rails (as of a railroad) c : automobile
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2 : the
passenger compartment of an elevator 3 : the
part of an airship or balloon that carries the passengers and cargo source : Merriam
Webster. com
Secondly automobile can be used as a general classifying term that is inclusive of vehicles other than cars (and not inclusive of non-wheeled, non-self-propelling instances of “car”, such as airship motor car etc) as per:
source : http://what-when-how.com “com/automobile/general-classification-of-automobiles/….”
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