Abject vs. Object — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Abject and Object
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Abject
(of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree
His letter plunged her into abject misery
Abject poverty
Object
A material thing that can be seen and touched
Small objects such as shells
He was dragging a large object
Abject
(of a person or their behaviour) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing
An abject apology
Object
A person or thing to which a specified action or feeling is directed
Disease became the object of investigation
He hated being the object of public attention
Abject
Extremely contemptible or degrading
Abject cowardice. ].
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Object
A noun or noun phrase governed by an active transitive verb or by a preposition
In Gaelic the word order is verb, subject, object
Abject
Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
Object
A data construct that provides a description of anything known to a computer (such as a processor or a piece of code) and defines its method of operation
The interface treats most items, including cells, graphs, and buttons, as objects
Abject
(by extension)
Object
Say something to express one's opposition to or disagreement with something
‘It doesn't seem natural,’ she objected
The boy's father objected that the police had arrested him unlawfully
Residents object to the volume of traffic
Abject
Complete; downright; utter.
Abject failure
Abject nonsense
Abject terror
Object
A specific, individual, material entity, especially one that is not living or not sentient.
Abject
(rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
Object
A focus of attention, feeling, thought, or action
A product that was so bad it became an object of derision.
Abject
Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
Object
A limiting factor that must be considered
Since money is no object, let's eat at that fancy place.
Abject
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
Object
The purpose, aim, or goal of a specific action or effort
The object of the game.
Abject
To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
Object
A noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that receives or is affected by the action of a verb within a sentence.
Abject
To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
Object
A noun or substantive governed by a preposition and typically following it.
Abject
(mycology) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
Object
(Philosophy) Something intelligible to or perceptible by the mind.
Abject
Cast down; low-lying.
From the safe shore their floating carcassesAnd broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrownAbject and lost lay these, covering the flood.
Object
A discrete item than can be selected and maneuvered, such as an onscreen graphic.
Abject
Degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams.
Object
In object-oriented programming, a structure that combines data and the procedures necessary to operate on that data.
Abject
Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope; miserable; - of persons.
Object
To present a dissenting or opposing argument; raise an objection
Objected to the testimony of the witness.
Abject
Humiliating; degrading; wretched; - of situations; as, abject poverty.
Object
To be averse to or express disapproval of something
Objects to modern materialism.
Abject
To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
Object
To put forward in or as a reason for opposition; offer as criticism
They objected that discipline was lacking.
Abject
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
Shall these abjects, these victims, these outcasts, know any thing of pleasure?
Object
A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
Abject
Of the most contemptible kind;
Abject cowardice
A low stunt to pull
A low-down sneak
His miserable treatment of his family
You miserable skunk!
A scummy rabble
A scurvy trick
Object
; goal, end or purpose of something.
Abject
Most unfortunate or miserable;
The most abject slaves joined in the revolt
Abject poverty
Object
(grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
Abject
Showing utter resignation or hopelessness;
Abject surrender
Object
A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years.
The convertible, once the object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred.
Where's your object of ridicule now?
Abject
Showing humiliation or submissiveness;
An abject apology
Object
(object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
Object
(category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).
Similarly, there is a category whose objects are groups and whose arrows are the homomorphisms from one group to another.
Object
(obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
Object
(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.
I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal.
We strongly object to sending her to jail for ten years.
Object
To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
Object
To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
Object
To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
Of less account some knight thereto object,Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove.
Some strong impediment or other objecting itself.
Pallas to their eyesThe mist objected, and condensed the skies.
Object
To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
He gave to him to object his heinous crime.
Others object the poverty of the nation.
The book . . . giveth liberty to object any crime against such as are to be ordered.
Object
To make opposition in words or argument; to express one's displeasure; - usually followed by to; as, she objected to his vulgar language.
Object
That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible and persists for an appreciable time; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.
Object
Anything which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc.
Object is a term for that about which the knowing subject is conversant; what the schoolmen have styled the "materia circa quam."
The object of their bitterest hatred.
Object
That toward which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; goal; end; aim; motive; final cause.
Object, beside its proper signification, came to be abusively applied to denote motive, end, final cause . . . . This innovation was probably borrowed from the French.
Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
Object
Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
He, advancing closeUp to the lake, past all the rest, aroseIn glorious object.
Object
A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb.
Object
Any set of data that is or can be manipulated or referenced by a computer program as a single entity; - the term may be used broadly, to include files, images (such as icons on the screen), or small data structures.
Object
Anything which exists and which has attributes; distinguished from attributes, processes, and relations.
Object
Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed.
Object
A tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow;
It was full of rackets, balls and other objects
Object
The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable);
The sole object of her trip was to see her children
Object
(grammar) a constituent that is acted upon;
The object of the verb
Object
The focus of cognitions or feelings;
Objects of thought
The object of my affection
Object
Express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent;
She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with
When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license
Object
Be averse to or express disapproval of;
My wife objects to modern furniture
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