I feel like there's a subtle difference between these two words, but in two different dictionaries, the definitions are identical. Sentence: "The seagulls were finding something to eat amongst the seaweed.' "Among the seaweed" doesn't sound right.

Let me preface this by saying I’m not referring to its primary definition, I’m talking about its lesser known meaning. The one that talks about a concept, idea, or premise. What does that mean? If I’m referring to the conceit of a film or movie, does that mean I’m referring to its premise? Like would the conceit of Super Mario 64 be its the first Mario game in 3D?

That's all, y'all!

If I have this right, distill means to take something and extract the most important bit. For instance, if someone makes a massive paragraph, you could distill it down to its primary points

Does anyone else feel like the phrase “hope this helps” always connotes an air of passive aggression? Does it drive anyone else crazy seeing it? When did this phrase blow up like this?

It often gets used (not always, but often enough) when responding to something that no one was actually asking for help with as well

There's a particular feeling I get when I have a cold, and I'm wondering if there's an actual word for it.

It's usually on one of those gray, gloomy days when my nose is stuffy, my throat feels weird, and all I want to do is stay under a warm blanket with some tea and something to watch on TV.

For some reason, being slightly sick makes the whole atmosphere feel unusually warm and comforting. It almost reminds me of Christmas, though I can't really explain why.

What's interesting is that the cold symptoms seem to be part of the feeling. If I were healthy, I'd still enjoy the cozy atmosphere, but it wouldn't feel quite the same.

I've felt this since I was a kid, so I thought about nostalgia, but that doesn't really fit. I'm not thinking about the past when it happens. I've also come across words like hygge and Geborgenheit, but they don't seem to cover the illness part.

I've started calling it "cozillness" (cozy + illness), but I'd be interested to know if English, or perhaps another language, already has a word for something like this.

What does it mean when someone says, "I wasn't born yesterday. And even if I was, I wasn't born with my eyes and ears completely tight shut."?

My partner and I are watching a movie called Rose of Nevada. Rose of Nevada is the name of a boat featured in the movie. We’re debating whether the boat is “the titular Rose of Nevada” or “the eponymous Rose of Nevada.”

I’m of the impression that “eponymous” refers to things named after specific persons, as in Jayne Eyre or Robin Hood, while “titular” refers to things referred to but not named directly, as in The Irishman or The Man Who Would Be King. But I’m a bit thrown for a loop by how these words apply to non-persons. Merriam-Webster’s definition says that eponymous refers to people and things, suggesting that “eponymous” would be correct. But my gut says that the boat is the titular Rose of Nevada, not the eponymous.

Does the use in literature and film differ? Learned opinions appreciated.

Does it mean like to organize information? Like to collate all your notes about your classes into distinct, separate folders?

In English, "butterfly" is made up of "butter" and "fly," which doesn't really make sense. In French, a kite is called a "cerf-volant" (literally "flying deer").

Do you have any similar examples in your language?

I so sure it was spelled with an R, like perjorative, I even said it that way, I can’t believe I’m only finding this out now. I can already tell it’s going to take an annoyingly long time to memorize it the correct way. Sometimes I’m like “oh I don’t really have dyslexia, I’m a writer and I love reading” and then fucking pejorative comes to punch me in the face.

Uxorious: (adjective) having or showing a great fondness for one’s wife [from Erehwon by Samuel Butler]

Cumbrous: (adjective) cumbersome [ibid]

Prizeman: (noun) a winner of a prize, especially an academic one [ibid]

Congener: (noun) a thing or person of the same kind or category as another [ibid]

Borborygmi: (noun) the sound of your tummy rumbling [from 222 QI Answers]

Are there differences between the two words?

I was saying to someone that a piece of writing was like the work of (Douglas) Adams.

So what's the adjective there?

With Shavian and Lawrentian we seem to want to change a softer consonant into a harder one. So maybe "Adammian" with two Ms? Doesn't sound right.

With two syllables we want to change stress to the second one, so "uh-DAM-ian"? "uh-DAME-ian"?

Rousseau gets a whole new letter in "Rousseauvian" but there's a kind of "w" sound at the end, maybe that's same rule as with Shaw.

How about "Adambrian"?

Syndinobsental (noun): the realization that something that had changed went unnoticed because it was a gradual change rather than a sudden one.
(Unlike noticing someone who used to be short being taller because you haven't seen them in a while.)

Examples:

- I had a syndinobsental; my brother is nearly as tall as me!

- Noticing my brother grow up was syndinobsentalistic.

Etymology:

The word comes from Latin and Greek: synd comes from synditopiisi (meaning realization as in awareness of something), inobs coming from Latin inobservatus (meaning unnoticed/unobserved), and again Latin ental incrementum (incremental; gradual change).

I know I’m exposing myself by asking this, but what does it mean when something goes perpendicular? What’s a perpendicular direction?

Yesterday I was having dinner with my family and I was making fun of my dad for always using the most extravagant words possible to the point that he does not talk like a normal person. I imitated him to get my point across and hit him with these bars:

"Indubitably, good sir. I doth seek recompense for this dastardly miscrundulation of mine assets!"

I was proud of inventing "miscrundulation" on the spot and thought you all would appreciate it.

Doing my family's genealogy and found a record for an Almshouse.

The entry for Time and Manner of leaving the House has "Eloped 10-18-1908" (To Hof. C. for 3 months).

I know eloped meant to secretly get married but is there a different definition that I do not know about? Thank you!

Is it like someone’s tenure? Like if I had a ten year ascendancy as mayor, would that be a valid use of the word?