different between inspiring vs racy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n.?spa?(?)???/
• Rhymes: -a??r??
• Hyphenation: in?spir?ing

Adjective

inspiring (comparative more inspiring, superlative most inspiring)

1. Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.

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Verb

inspiring

1. present participle of inspire

Noun

inspiring (countable and uncountable, plural inspirings)

1. inspiration
   • 1874, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art

     From the severity of his father to the sweet intellectual inspirings of his wife a sadness seems ever to dwell upon his career. It was not that he was unfortunate. Few men have achieved greater success in life than John Stuart Mill.

English

Etymology

race (“having a characteristic taste (of wines, fruits, etc.)”) +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?si/
• Rhymes: -e?si

Adjective

racy (comparative racier, superlative raciest)

1. Mildly risqué.

2. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.

   Synonyms: fresh, rich

3. (figuratively, by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
4. (programming) Involving a data race or a race condition.
   • 2016, Elvira Albert, Ivan Lanese, Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems

     We evaluate the automatic fence insertion procedure by running our tool on a number of different benchmarks containing racy code.

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Anagrams

• Cary, Cray, cary, cray

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.t?s?/

Noun

racy f

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of raca