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is there a difference between these two words? They appear as synonyms in dictionaries, which makes me wonder whether a phrase like "the ethos of liberation and release that infused the New Music" is nothing but a hendiadys - or rather a pleonasm.
Many thanks,
K.
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is there a difference between these two words? They appear as synonyms in dictionaries, which makes me wonder whether a phrase like "the ethos of liberation and release that infused the New Music" is nothing but a hendiadys - or rather a pleonasm.
Many thanks,
K.
meaning synonyms
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is there a difference between these two words? They appear as synonyms in dictionaries, which makes me wonder whether a phrase like "the ethos of liberation and release that infused the New Music" is nothing but a hendiadys - or rather a pleonasm.
Many thanks,
K.
meaning synonyms
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is there a difference between these two words? They appear as synonyms in dictionaries, which makes me wonder whether a phrase like "the ethos of liberation and release that infused the New Music" is nothing but a hendiadys - or rather a pleonasm.
Many thanks,
K.
meaning synonyms
meaning synonyms
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According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary these nouns are not synonyms.
LIBERATION
1: the act of liberating : the state of being liberated
2: a movement seeking equal rights and status for a groupwomen's liberation.
RELEASE
1: relief or deliverance from sorrow, suffering, or trouble
2a: discharge from obligation or responsibility
b(1): relinquishment of a right or claim
(2): an act by which a legal right is dischargedspecifically : a conveyance of a right in lands or tenements to another having an estate in possession
3a: the act or an instance of liberating or freeing (as from restraint)
b: the act or manner of concluding a musical tone or phrase
c: the act or manner of ending a sound : the movement of one or more vocal organs in quitting the position for a speech sound
d: the action or manner of throwing a ballhas a quick release
4: an instrument effecting a legal release
5: the state of being freed
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According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary these nouns are not synonyms.
LIBERATION
1: the act of liberating : the state of being liberated
2: a movement seeking equal rights and status for a groupwomen's liberation.
RELEASE
1: relief or deliverance from sorrow, suffering, or trouble
2a: discharge from obligation or responsibility
b(1): relinquishment of a right or claim
(2): an act by which a legal right is dischargedspecifically : a conveyance of a right in lands or tenements to another having an estate in possession
3a: the act or an instance of liberating or freeing (as from restraint)
b: the act or manner of concluding a musical tone or phrase
c: the act or manner of ending a sound : the movement of one or more vocal organs in quitting the position for a speech sound
d: the action or manner of throwing a ballhas a quick release
4: an instrument effecting a legal release
5: the state of being freed
answered Dec 17 at 14:17
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According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary these nouns are not synonyms.
LIBERATION
1: the act of liberating : the state of being liberated
2: a movement seeking equal rights and status for a groupwomen's liberation.
RELEASE
1: relief or deliverance from sorrow, suffering, or trouble
2a: discharge from obligation or responsibility
b(1): relinquishment of a right or claim
(2): an act by which a legal right is dischargedspecifically : a conveyance of a right in lands or tenements to another having an estate in possession
3a: the act or an instance of liberating or freeing (as from restraint)
b: the act or manner of concluding a musical tone or phrase
c: the act or manner of ending a sound : the movement of one or more vocal organs in quitting the position for a speech sound
d: the action or manner of throwing a ballhas a quick release
4: an instrument effecting a legal release
5: the state of being freed
answered Dec 17 at 14:17
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According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary these nouns are not synonyms.
LIBERATION
1: the act of liberating : the state of being liberated
2: a movement seeking equal rights and status for a groupwomen's liberation.
RELEASE
1: relief or deliverance from sorrow, suffering, or trouble
2a: discharge from obligation or responsibility
b(1): relinquishment of a right or claim
(2): an act by which a legal right is dischargedspecifically : a conveyance of a right in lands or tenements to another having an estate in possession
3a: the act or an instance of liberating or freeing (as from restraint)
b: the act or manner of concluding a musical tone or phrase
c: the act or manner of ending a sound : the movement of one or more vocal organs in quitting the position for a speech sound
d: the action or manner of throwing a ballhas a quick release
4: an instrument effecting a legal release
5: the state of being freed
answered Dec 17 at 14:17
user307254
2,077211
According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary these nouns are not synonyms.
LIBERATION
1: the act of liberating : the state of being liberated
2: a movement seeking equal rights and status for a groupwomen's liberation.
RELEASE
1: relief or deliverance from sorrow, suffering, or trouble
2a: discharge from obligation or responsibility
b(1): relinquishment of a right or claim
(2): an act by which a legal right is dischargedspecifically : a conveyance of a right in lands or tenements to another having an estate in possession
3a: the act or an instance of liberating or freeing (as from restraint)
b: the act or manner of concluding a musical tone or phrase
c: the act or manner of ending a sound : the movement of one or more vocal organs in quitting the position for a speech sound
d: the action or manner of throwing a ballhas a quick release
4: an instrument effecting a legal release
5: the state of being freed
answered Dec 17 at 14:17
user307254
2,077211
answered Dec 17 at 14:17
user307254
2,077211
answered Dec 17 at 14:17
user307254
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answered Dec 17 at 14:17
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