Advantage, Handicap, Allowance, Odds and Edge denote a factor or set of factors in a competition or rivalry giving one person or side a position of superiority over the other.
Category: Synonyms
Advancement vs Preferment vs Promotion vs Elevation
Advancement, Preferment, Promotion and Elevation designate the act of raising a person in grade, rank, or dignity, or the honor that comes to one who is so raised.
Advance vs Progress
Advance and progress both as intransitive verbs and as nouns share the meaning to move (or movement) forward in space, in time, or in approach to a material or ideal objective. They are often employed interchangeably; however there are instances in which one is preferable to the other.
Advance vs Promote vs Forward vs Further
Advance, promote, forward and further all mean to move or put ahead, but they come into comparison chiefly when they imply help in moving or putting (something) ahead.
Adultery vs Fornication vs Incest
Adultery, fornication and incest designate forms of illicit sexual intercourse which are clearly distinguished in legal use, both civil and ecclesiastical.
Adulterate vs Sophisticate vs Load vs Weight vs Doctor
Adulterate, sophisticate, load, weight and doctor mean to alter fraudulently especially for profit.
Adorn vs Decorate vs Ornament vs Embellish vs Beautify vs Deck vs Bedeck vs Garnish
Adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish, beautify, deck, bedeck and garnish all mean to add something unessential in order to enhance the appearance.
Adore vs Worship vs Idolize
Adore, worship and idolize in their nonreligious senses mean to love or admire excessively.
Adopt vs Embrace vs Espouse
Adopt, embrace and espouse mean in common to make one's own what in some fashion one owes to another.
Admixture vs Alloy vs Adulterant
Admixture, alloy and adulterant are comparable when they denote an added ingredient that destroys the purity or genuineness of a substance.
Administer vs Dispense
Administer and dispense come into comparison because they are used in certain idiomatic phrases, similar in wording but not always equivalent in meaning, such as administer justice or dispense justice; administer a medicine or dispense medicine; administer a sacrament or dispense the Sacrament. Both words imply an acting on the behalf of another in or as if in the capacity of a steward.
Adjust vs Regulate vs Fix
Adjust, regulate and fix share the meaning to set right or to rights. Adjust implies modification to meet a need. To adjust a thing one brings it by some change into its exact or proper position or condition or into its right relationship with other things.