Agrarian and Agricultural are sometimes confused because they carry common implications and are used to qualify like terms.
Category: Synonyms
Agile vs Nimble vs Brisk vs Spry
Agile, Nimble, Brisk and Spry mean acting or moving with quickness and alacrity.
Aggressive vs Militant vs Assertive vs Self-assertive vs Pushing vs Pushy
Aggressive, Militant, Assertive, Self-assertive, Pushing and Pushy are here compared as applied to persons, their dispositions, or their behavior, and as meaning conspicuously or obtrusively active or energetic.
Aggregate vs Aggregation vs Conglomerate vs Conglomeration vs Agglomerate vs Agglomeration
Aggregate, Aggregation, Conglomerate, Conglomeration, Agglomerate and Agglomeration all denote a mass formed by parts or particles that are not merged into each other.
Agent vs Factor vs Attorney vs Deputy vs Proxy
Agent, Factor, Attorney, Deputy and Proxy all agree in meaning one who performs the duties of or transacts business for another, but differ in specific application.
Aged vs Old vs Elderly vs Superannuated
Aged, old, elderly and superannuated when applied to persons mean far advanced in years.
Age vs Senility vs Senescence vs Dotage
Age, Senility, Senescence and Dotage are comparable when they denote the period in one's life when one is old in years and declining in body or mind or both.
After vs Behind
After and Behind are synonymous adverbs, prepositions, and adjectives when they mean following upon, especially in place or in time.
Affront vs Insult vs Indignity
Affront, Insult and Indignity denote a speech or an action having for its intention or effect the dishonoring of something (as a person, a cause, or an institution).
Afflict vs Try vs Torment vs Torture vs Rack
Afflict, Try, Torment, Torture and Rack mean to inflict upon a person something which he finds hard to bear.
Affirmative vs Positive
Affirmative and Positive cause difficulties in their extended use, since each term has negative for its opposite and since both words may qualify identical or similar nouns.
Affect vs Effect
Affect and Effect are often a source of difficulty because both verbs imply the production of an effect and take as their corresponding noun the same word, effect.