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Asked on March 22, 2021 in Meaning.
By using both “sophisticated” and “intricate” the term “complex” can be used to describe an electronic or mechanical device, or a human institution. This software product uses sophisticated encryptian software. The clock is self-regulating. It is an intelligent weapon. “Ruritania has a sophisticated parliamentary government. In any of those cases you could substitute “intricate” with no discernable change in meaning.
Why is “sophisticated” negative? If you are trying to say that something is too complex, you would be more likely to say “intricate” than “sophisticated.” Is it a little more subtle?
In this context I think they’re pretty much synonymous.
Note “sophisticated” has another meaning, “not naive, wise, not right.” I’m very happy that Jane has learned from her mistakes. “She worked hard and has a keen intellect. But since launching her business to the big city and stayed in school, I can’t believe she left her old age.” Which is correct? You wouldn’t say “intricate” there.
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Asked on March 22, 2021 in Single word requests.
In some cases, euphemism may convey something different. How I read a news story once about a small company being buy out by a bigger company, and apparently there was a lot of anxiety about possible layoffs, and then an executive of the big company said “Employment might increase, or it might fluctuate” “.” “Fluctuate” apparetly being the antonym of “increase”. If you are still awake when someone says you are unwell that is euphemism.
What does it mean when a politician proposes a bill to give millions of tax dollars to bail out a company that just happens to be owned by a major campaign contributor, and he calls it, The Consumer Protection and Jobs Creation Bill, that goes beyond euphemisms to rather blatantly lying to this reporter. In such cases you might want to use a less-inflammatory word then “lie”, like “misleading statement”, for political purposes. However…
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Asked on March 22, 2021 in Single word requests.
In some cases, euphemism may convey something different. How I read a news story once about a small company being buy out by a bigger company, and apparently there was a lot of anxiety about possible layoffs, and then an executive of the big company said “Employment might increase, or it might fluctuate” “.” “Fluctuate” apparetly being the antonym of “increase”. If you are still awake when someone says you are unwell that is euphemism.
What does it mean when a politician proposes a bill to give millions of tax dollars to bail out a company that just happens to be owned by a major campaign contributor, and he calls it, The Consumer Protection and Jobs Creation Bill, that goes beyond euphemisms to rather blatantly lying to this reporter. In such cases you might want to use a less-inflammatory word then “lie”, like “misleading statement”, for political purposes. However…
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Asked on March 22, 2021 in Single word requests.
In some cases, euphemism may convey something different. How I read a news story once about a small company being buy out by a bigger company, and apparently there was a lot of anxiety about possible layoffs, and then an executive of the big company said “Employment might increase, or it might fluctuate” “.” “Fluctuate” apparetly being the antonym of “increase”. If you are still awake when someone says you are unwell that is euphemism.
What does it mean when a politician proposes a bill to give millions of tax dollars to bail out a company that just happens to be owned by a major campaign contributor, and he calls it, The Consumer Protection and Jobs Creation Bill, that goes beyond euphemisms to rather blatantly lying to this reporter. In such cases you might want to use a less-inflammatory word then “lie”, like “misleading statement”, for political purposes. However…
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Asked on March 21, 2021 in Single word requests.
In some cases, euphemism may convey something different. How I read a news story once about a small company being buy out by a bigger company, and apparently there was a lot of anxiety about possible layoffs, and then an executive of the big company said “Employment might increase, or it might fluctuate” “.” “Fluctuate” apparetly being the antonym of “increase”. If you are still awake when someone says you are unwell that is euphemism.
What does it mean when a politician proposes a bill to give millions of tax dollars to bail out a company that just happens to be owned by a major campaign contributor, and he calls it, The Consumer Protection and Jobs Creation Bill, that goes beyond euphemisms to rather blatantly lying to this reporter. In such cases you might want to use a less-inflammatory word then “lie”, like “misleading statement”, for political purposes. However…
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Asked on March 21, 2021 in Single word requests.
In some cases, euphemism may convey something different. How I read a news story once about a small company being buy out by a bigger company, and apparently there was a lot of anxiety about possible layoffs, and then an executive of the big company said “Employment might increase, or it might fluctuate” “.” “Fluctuate” apparetly being the antonym of “increase”. If you are still awake when someone says you are unwell that is euphemism.
What does it mean when a politician proposes a bill to give millions of tax dollars to bail out a company that just happens to be owned by a major campaign contributor, and he calls it, The Consumer Protection and Jobs Creation Bill, that goes beyond euphemisms to rather blatantly lying to this reporter. In such cases you might want to use a less-inflammatory word then “lie”, like “misleading statement”, for political purposes. However…
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Asked on March 20, 2021 in Single word requests.
In some cases, euphemism may convey something different. How I read a news story once about a small company being buy out by a bigger company, and apparently there was a lot of anxiety about possible layoffs, and then an executive of the big company said “Employment might increase, or it might fluctuate” “.” “Fluctuate” apparetly being the antonym of “increase”. If you are still awake when someone says you are unwell that is euphemism.
What does it mean when a politician proposes a bill to give millions of tax dollars to bail out a company that just happens to be owned by a major campaign contributor, and he calls it, The Consumer Protection and Jobs Creation Bill, that goes beyond euphemisms to rather blatantly lying to this reporter. In such cases you might want to use a less-inflammatory word then “lie”, like “misleading statement”, for political purposes. However…
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Asked on March 20, 2021 in Single word requests.
In some cases, euphemism may convey something different. How I read a news story once about a small company being buy out by a bigger company, and apparently there was a lot of anxiety about possible layoffs, and then an executive of the big company said “Employment might increase, or it might fluctuate” “.” “Fluctuate” apparetly being the antonym of “increase”. If you are still awake when someone says you are unwell that is euphemism.
What does it mean when a politician proposes a bill to give millions of tax dollars to bail out a company that just happens to be owned by a major campaign contributor, and he calls it, The Consumer Protection and Jobs Creation Bill, that goes beyond euphemisms to rather blatantly lying to this reporter. In such cases you might want to use a less-inflammatory word then “lie”, like “misleading statement”, for political purposes. However…
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Asked on March 20, 2021 in Single word requests.
In some cases, euphemism may convey something different. How I read a news story once about a small company being buy out by a bigger company, and apparently there was a lot of anxiety about possible layoffs, and then an executive of the big company said “Employment might increase, or it might fluctuate” “.” “Fluctuate” apparetly being the antonym of “increase”. If you are still awake when someone says you are unwell that is euphemism.
What does it mean when a politician proposes a bill to give millions of tax dollars to bail out a company that just happens to be owned by a major campaign contributor, and he calls it, The Consumer Protection and Jobs Creation Bill, that goes beyond euphemisms to rather blatantly lying to this reporter. In such cases you might want to use a less-inflammatory word then “lie”, like “misleading statement”, for political purposes. However…
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Asked on March 20, 2021 in Word choice.
In the United States, we say detergent, or detergent laundry detergent. What are the differences between liquid and liquid detergent.?
Technically “soap” is made from bases while “detergent” is made from acid. Both terms are used interchangeably. If a chemist was to give a more precise definition, then it’s normal that people use the words interchangeably for clothes or dishes. I am a chemist. What is the difference between laundry soap and laundry detergent? If you want “dishwasher soap” or “dishwasher detergent” with your washing machine, make such an image.
When we clean our body we may call it’soap’, not ‘detergent’.
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