What is the difference between smart and clever? As far as I understand the latter is offensive. But the Cambrige Dictionary gives similar definitions of smart and clever.

The more I think about this the more I get confused. Here are a couple of other examples to consider. 1. "She has to vacuum the floor as well as mop it." 2."I must go to the doctor's, as …

Aug 30, 2019 · You seem to use 'tangibility' as the only criterion to distinguish concrete and abstract nouns. But the question remains whether something is tangible or not. For example, …

Apr 28, 2018 · I noticed Robin Michael, who is on this site, stated she learned to spell the word 'vacuum' as "vacumn". I was also taught the same thing in school around 40 years ago; I …

According to the Free Dictionary, you have it backwards: rustling refers to the movement, and the sound is thus implied. Personally I associate the word so strongly with both the movement and …

I'm looking for a similar phrase to: "one man's trash is another man's treasure." Any help would be appreciated.

Perfect vacuum does not exist - there will always be some energy, some particles manifesting themselves spontaneously from quantum uncertainty, but generally lack of matter, including air …

Suzy is biased against Thomas can mean only that she has a prejudice against him. Suzy is biased towards Thomas is ambiguous. It can mean either that her attitude towards him is …

Is there any word for a person who is very , very much concerned about cleanliness and keeping things hygienic and even point out faults in clean things and explaining that they were dirty ?

A talent/knowledge vacuum is created as talent redundancy has been overlooked and nobody else knows how to do Sara's job, then that leg of the company experiences failure until a …