granular vs gritty what difference
what is difference between granular and gritty
English
Etymology
From granule + -ar. Compare French granulaire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæn.jə.lə(ɹ)/
Adjective
granular (comparative more granular, superlative most granular)
- Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains
- a granular substance
- grainy
- It has a granular structure
- 1790, Abraham Mills, Some Strata in Ireland and Scotland, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 80
- This Whyn Dyke is bare at the cliffs ſeveral yards in height, and is near nine feet in width. It conſiſts of an inner part of a granular and ſomewhat porous texture…
Usage notes
- It is common to speak of things being “more granular” or “less granular”, but this is potentially confusing: something “granular” is composed of small, discrete entities as opposed to being continuous, which is primarily a binary distinction, not a matter of degree. Moreover, it is unclear if “more granular” and “less granular” indicate finer or coarser granularity. For example, granular sugar is so called because it consists of relatively large grains, in contrast with powdered sugar, so “more granular” sugar might be coarser, like a grainier or “more granular” photograph with larger and thus more visible grains. In other cases, “more granular” indicates finer, more plentiful grains or divisions. For clarity, one can refer specifically to finer or coarser granularity. In the superlative, one may refer to finest or coarsest granularity.
Synonyms
- granulous; see also Thesaurus:granular
Derived terms
- granularity
Related terms
- coarse-grained
- fine-grained
- grain
- granulate
- granulation
- granule
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References
- granular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- granular in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Merriam-Webster OnLine 2008
Interlingua
Adjective
granular (not comparable)
- granular (in the shape of grains)
Romanian
Etymology
From French granulaire
Adjective
granular m or n (feminine singular granulară, masculine plural granulari, feminine and neuter plural granulare)
- granular
Declension
Spanish
Adjective
granular (plural granulares)
- granular
Verb
granular (first-person singular present granulo, first-person singular preterite granulé, past participle granulado)
- to granulate
Conjugation
English
Etymology
grit + -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪti/
- Rhymes: -ɪti
Adjective
gritty (comparative grittier, superlative grittiest)
- Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
- Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Poison,” [1]
- The runt was the grittiest pup of all; for days he writhed out of one convulsion into the next—calmed from one only to go through it all over again.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Poison,” [1]
- (film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence.
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