different between leery vs reservation

English

Etymology

1718, "untrustful, suspicious", either from leer +? -y, lear (“learning, knowledge”) +? -y. More at leer, lear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??.?i/
• Rhymes: -??ri

Adjective

leery (comparative leerier, superlative leeriest)

1. Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.

   Since he was bitten by a dog when he was young, he has always been leery of animals.

Translations

Anagrams

• Eyler, Rylee, reely

English

Etymology

From Middle French reservation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z??ve???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???z??ve???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

reservation (countable and uncountable, plural reservations)

1. The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

   The committee authorised the reservation of funds.

   1. The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
   2. The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.
2. Something that is withheld or kept back.
3. (often in the plural) A limiting qualification regarding certainty; a doubt.

   I have reservations about your intentions.

4. (US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).
5. An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
6. (Britain) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also central reservation.

   A vehicle crashed through the central reservation into the path of oncoming traffic.

7. (India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).

Synonyms

• (advance arrangement): booking
• (central reservation, motorway lane separator): median, median strip
• (Indian reservation): reserve, res, rez

Related terms

• mental reservation
• off the reservation
• reserve

Translations

Anagrams

• veratrosine

Middle French

Noun

reservation f (plural reservations)

1. reservation (limiting qualification)

Descendants

• English: reservation
• French: réservation