different between watery vs aqueous
watery
English
Etymology
From Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteri? (“watery”), from Proto-West Germanic *watar?g. Equivalent to water +? -y.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w??t??i/, /?w??t?i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w?t??i/
- (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?w?t??i/
Adjective
watery (comparative waterier, superlative wateriest)
- Resembling or characteristic of water.
- 2005, Robert L. Mott, Radio Sound Effects
- The prop also gave a good watery sound to those early radio rainstorms.
- 2005, Robert L. Mott, Radio Sound Effects
- Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
- Diluted or having too much water.
- (of light) Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
- Weak and insipid.
- Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
- I took my cat to the vet because I was worried about his watery eyes.
- Tearful.
Synonyms
- (characteristic of water): waterish
- See also Thesaurus:runny
- aqueous, aquose
- (soaked with water): drenched, moist, waterlogged; see also Thesaurus:wet
- (having too much water): wishy-washy
- (weak, insipid): bland, flavorless (figuratively); see also Thesaurus:insipid
Derived terms
- unwatery
Translations
Anagrams
- tawery, tawyer
watery From the web:
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- what watery eyes mean
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- what watery eyes
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aqueous
English
Alternative forms
- aquæous (obsolete)
- aquaeous
- aquous (obsolete)
Etymology
Formed from Latin aqua + -ous (or from Medieval Latin aqueus), partly the analogy of Middle French aqueux (itself actually from Latin aquosus). Or based on the analogy of Latin terreus from terra.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /?æ.kwi.?s/, /?e?.kwi.?s/
Adjective
aqueous (comparative more aqueous, superlative most aqueous)
- (chemistry) Consisting mostly of water.
Derived terms
Translations
aqueous From the web:
- what aqueous solution
- what aqueous solution conduct electricity
- what aqueous solutions form a precipitate
- what aqueous mean
- what aqueous humor
- what aqueous cream is used for
- what aqueous extract means
- what are examples of aqueous solutions
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