A place to discuss a daily word-guessing game.
Welcome to the Guess My Word blog. This is a place to discuss the words of the day chosen by Joon and Mike. This paragraph is here mostly as spoiler space. Here are today's words:
Discuss.
i think this must be the closest that we have come to choosing synonyms on the same day.
beliebellybellwetherbelievebellboybellhopbellowsbellowbellicosebellmanbelliesSo I got bellicose, but did not come up with belligerent. tsk.
I would not use those words as synonyms. Belligerant implies aggression, whereas defiance is reactive rather than proactive.
i think this must be the closest that we have come to choosing synonyms on the same day.
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bellwether
believe
bellboy
bellhop
bellows
bellow
bellicose
bellman
bellies
So I got bellicose, but did not come up with belligerent. tsk.
I would not use those words as synonyms. Belligerant implies aggression, whereas defiance is reactive rather than proactive.
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