Acknowledge and Recognize agree in meaning to take cognizance of in some way, usually in a way dictated by custom or convention and implying acceptance or assent.
Account vs Report vs Chronicle vs Version vs Story
Account, report, chronicle, version and story denote a statement of actual events or conditions or of purported occurrences or conditions.
Accumulate vs Amass vs Hoard
Accumulate, amass and hoard imply in both literal and figurative usage a bringing together so as to make a store or great quantity.
Accompaniment vs Concomitant
Accompaniment and concomitant denote in common something attendant upon or found in association with another thing. Both may imply addition, but they vary chiefly in the kind of relationship connoted between the principal and the attendant things.
Accident vs Casualty vs Mishap
Accident, casualty and mishap are synonyms when they designate chance or a chance event bringing injury or loss.
Acceptance vs Acceptation
Acceptance and acceptation have both at one time or another carried the meanings: the act or fact of accepting or the state of being accepted. Present usage, however, restricts their denotations.
Abusive vs Opprobrious vs Vituperative vs Contumelious vs Scurrilous
Abusive, opprobrious, vituperative, contumelious and scurrilous apply chiefly to language or utterances and to persons as they employ such language: the words agree in meaning coarse, insulting, and contemptuous in character or utterance.
Abuse vs Misuse vs Mistreat vs Maltreat vs Ill-treat vs Outrage
Abuse, misuse, mistreat, maltreat, ill-treat and outrage all denote to use or treat a person or thing improperly or wrongfully.
Abstracted vs Preoccupied vs Absent vs Absentminded vs Distraught
Abstracted, preoccupied, absent, absentminded and distraught all are comparable when they mean inattentive to what presently claims or demands consideration. Abstracted implies absorption of the mind in something other than one's surroundings, and often suggests reflection on weighty matters. Then he sat and thought . . . in the concentrated, abstracted way he has . […]
Abstract vs Ideal vs Transcendent vs Transcendental
Abstract, ideal, transcendent and transcendental all are closely analogous rather than synonymous terms. The difference in meaning between abstract and ideal is not apparent when they are applied to things which are admirable in actuality as well as in idea, as a virtue or a desirable quality or attribute. abstract (or ideal) justice ideal (or […]
Abscess vs Boil vs Furuncle vs Carbuncle vs Pimple vs Pustule
Abscess, boil, furuncle, carbuncle, pimple and pustule all denote a localized swollen area of infection containing pus. Abscess is the most general term, applying to a collection of pus surrounded by inflammation whether in the skin or in the substance of a part or organ and whether discharging through an opening or fistula or being […]
Acrimony vs Acerbity vs Asperity
Acrimony, acerbity, asperity all agree in denoting temper or language marked by irritation or some degree of anger or resentment.