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Otherness

The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness.

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Difference 76% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Distinct 74% connected

Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Distinct 74% connected

Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Other 66% connected

Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).

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Other 66% connected

Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).

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Distinctness 92% connected

The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Aberration noun · 78% connection

The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of su…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: different, alterity, oppositeness.
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Alligation noun · 78% connection

A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of differen…

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Allowance noun · 78% connection

A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.

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Anisotropic adjective · 78% connection

Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, bu…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: different, alterity, oppositeness.
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Anthropometry noun · 78% connection

Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: different, alterity, oppositeness.
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Barrel noun · 78% connection

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, be…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: different, alterity, oppositeness.
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Binary noun · 78% connection

a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: different, alterity, oppositeness.
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Binary program noun · 78% connection

a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: different, alterity, oppositeness.
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Black book unknown · 78% connection

One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the c…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: different, alterity, oppositeness.
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Changeable adjective · 78% connection

Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: different, alterity, oppositeness.
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Dichroism noun · 78% connection

The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: different, alterity, oppositeness.
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Dichroite noun · 78% connection

Iolite; -- so called from its presenting two different colors when viewed in two different directions. See Iolite.

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