different between disgrace vs locality
disgrace
English
Etymology
From Middle French disgracier.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s???e?s/, /d?z???e?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?s???e?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Noun
disgrace (countable and uncountable, plural disgraces)
- The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
- The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame.
- Synonyms: dishonor, ignominy
- (countable) Something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit.
- (obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
Synonyms
- misgrace (far less common)
Related terms
- disgraceful
- disgraceless
Translations
Verb
disgrace (third-person singular simple present disgraces, present participle disgracing, simple past and past participle disgraced)
- (transitive) To put someone out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
Translations
Further reading
- disgrace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- disgrace in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
disgrace From the web:
- what disgrace means
- what disgraceful means in spanish
- what disgrace means in english
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locality
English
Etymology
From French localité, from Late Latin localitas, equivalent to local +? -ity.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /lo??kæl?ti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l???kæl?ti/
- Rhymes: -æl?ti
- Hyphenation: lo?cal?i?ty
Noun
locality (countable and uncountable, plural localities)
- The fact or quality of having a position in space.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
- It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
- The features or surroundings of a particular place.
- (uncountable, mathematics, computing) The condition of being local.
- The situation or position of an object.
- An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
- Limitation to a county, district, or place.
- (dated, phrenology) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
Translations
References
- locality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- coitally
locality From the web:
- what locality am i in
- what locality means
- what locality is an address in
- what locality am i in pa
- what is the locality of my current location
- locality or location
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