different between thickness vs tier

English

Etymology

From Middle English thikkenesse, thiknesse, from Old English þicnes (“thickness, viscosity, density, hardness; obscurity, cloud, darkness; thicket; depth, a thick body, anything thick or heavy”), equivalent to thick +? -ness. Eclipsed non-native Middle English crassitude (“thickness”) from Latin crassit?d? (“thickness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kn?s/
• Hyphenation: thick?ness

Noun

thickness (countable and uncountable, plural thicknesses)

1. (uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
2. (uncountable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.

   The thickness of the Earth's crust varies from two to 70 kilometres.

3. (countable) A layer.

   We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.

4. (uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).

   Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.

5. (uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).

Synonyms

• (the property of being thick in dimension): fatness
• (measure): depth
• (layer): layer, stratum
• (in consistency): density, viscosity
• (property of being stupid): denseness, slowness, stupidity, thickheadedness

Antonyms

• (in consistency): fluidity, liquidity, runniness, thinness, wateriness
• (property of being stupid): mental acuity, mental agility, quick-wittedness, sharpness

Translations

Further reading

• Thickness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Nitschkes, shitnecks, tschinkes

English

Etymology 1

tie +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: t?'?(r), IPA^(key): /?ta?.?(?)/
• (US) enPR: t?'?r, IPA^(key): /?ta?.?/
• Hyphenation: tier
• Homophones: tire, tyre

Noun

tier (plural tiers)

1. One who ties (knots, etc).
2. Something that ties.
3. (archaic) A child's apron.

Etymology 2

From Middle French tier, from Old French tire (“rank, sequence, order, kind”), probably from tirer (“to draw, draw out”). Alternatively, from a Germanic source related to Middle English tir (“honour, glory, power, rule”), Old English t?r (“glory, honour, fame”), German Zier (“adornment, ornament, decoration”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tî, IPA^(key): /?t??/
• (US) enPR: tîr, IPA^(key): /?t??/
• Hyphenation: tier
• Homophones: tear (as in droplet from one's eye)

Noun

tier (plural tiers)

1. A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

tier (third-person singular simple present tiers, present participle tiering, simple past and past participle tiered)

1. (transitive) To arrange in layers.
2. (transitive) To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
3. (transitive, computing) To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed.

References

• Tier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• REIT, Teri, iter, iter., reit, rite, tire, trie

Afrikaans

Etymology

From a dialectal form or pronunciation of Dutch tijger, from Middle Dutch tiger.

Noun

tier (plural tiere or tiers)

1. tiger
2. leopard

   Synonyms: bergtier, luiperd

Danish

Etymology 1

From ti (“ten”) +? er

Alternative forms

• 10'er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti???r/, [?t?i??]

Noun

tier c (singular definite tieren, plural indefinite tiere)

1. ten (the card between the nine and jack in a given suit)
2. ten (a monetary denomination worth ten units)
3. number ten (a person or a thing defined by the number ten, e.g. a bus-line)
4. (in the plural) tens (the second decade of a century, like the 1910s or 2010s)

Inflection

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti??r/, [?t?i??]
• Homophone: tiger

Verb

tier

1. present tense of tie

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ir

Verb

tier

1. first-person singular present indicative of tieren
2. imperative of tieren

Anagrams

• riet

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tier m (definite singular tieren, indefinite plural tiere, definite plural tierne)

1. a ten kroner coin, worth about £1 in Britain.
2. something or someone that has the number ten (ti)

Verb

tier

1. present of tie

References

• “tier” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tier.

Noun

tier m (plural tiers)

1. (Sursilvan) animal

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) animal
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) biestg
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) bestga
• (Sursilvan) bestia
• (Puter, Vallader) bes-cha