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05:59 May 15, 2005 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||
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4 +9 | difference |
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4 +5 | power crisis that is imminent, waiting to happen |
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4 +2 | is (virtually) inevitable; threats are not |
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difference Explanation: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. loom INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: loomed, loom·ing, looms 1. To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image: “I faced the icons that loomed through the veil of incense” (Fergus M. Bordewich, Islands August 1989). See synonyms at appear. 2. To appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form: “Stalin looms over the whole human tragedy of 1930–1933” (Robert Conquest). 3. To seem imminent; impend: Revolution loomed but the aristocrats paid no heed. ominous. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. ...1. Menacing; threatening: ominous black clouds; ominous rumblings of discontent. 2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one. Latin ominosus, from omen, omin-,... 5) threaten. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. ...Inflected forms: threat·ened, threat·en·ing, threat·ens1. To express a threat against. 2. To be a source of danger to; menace. 3. To give signs or warning of; portend.... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2005-05-15 06:09:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- they are similar but not the same; the threat of a power supply crisis exists a power supply crisis is threatening our country looming seems more imminent a threat can be avoided Reference: http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?F... |
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