Normal vs. Well — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Normal and Well
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Definitions
Normal➦
Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical
Normal room temperature.
One's normal weight.
Normal diplomatic relations.
Well➦
A deep hole or shaft sunk into the earth to obtain water, oil, gas, or brine.
Normal➦
(Biology) Functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking observable abnormalities or deficiencies.
Well➦
A container or reservoir for a liquid, such as ink.
Normal➦
Relating to or designating the normality of a solution.
Well➦
A place where water issues from the earth; a spring or fountain.
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Normal➦
Abbr. n Designating an aliphatic hydrocarbon having an acyclic unbranched chain of carbon atoms.
Well➦
A mineral spring.
Normal➦
Being at right angles; perpendicular.
Well➦
Wells A watering place; a spa.
Normal➦
Perpendicular to the direction of a tangent line to a curve or a tangent plane to a surface.
Well➦
An abundant source
A well of information.
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Normal➦
Relating to or characterized by average intelligence or development.
Well➦
An open space extending vertically through the floors of a building, as for stairs or ventilation.
Normal➦
Free from mental illness; sane.
Well➦
An enclosure in a ship's hold for the pumps.
Normal➦
The usual, expected, or standard state, form, amount, or degree
Temperatures have been above normal for this time of year.
Well➦
A compartment or recessed area in a ship, used for stowage
An anchor well.
Normal➦
(Mathematics) A perpendicular, especially a perpendicular to a line tangent to a plane curve or to a plane tangent to a space curve.
Well➦
A part of a ship's weather deck enclosed between two watertight bulkheads.
Normal➦
According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
Organize the data into third normal form.
Well➦
A cistern with a perforated bottom in the hold of a fishing vessel for keeping fish alive.
Normal➦
(mathematics) Adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context:
Well➦
An enclosed space for receiving and holding something, such as the wheels of an airplane when retracted.
Normal➦
Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
John is feeling normal again.
Well➦
Chiefly British The central space in a law court, directly in front of the judge's bench, where the counsel or solicitor sits.
Normal➦
Teaching teachers how to teach to certain norms
My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School.
Well➦
To rise to the surface, ready to flow
Tears welled in my eyes.
Normal➦
(chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
Well➦
To rise or surge from an inner source
Anger welled up in me.
Normal➦
(organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
Well➦
To pour forth.
Normal➦
In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency normal mode]].
Well➦
In a good or proper manner
Behaved well.
Normal➦
In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
Well➦
Skillfully or proficiently
Dances well.
Normal➦
(geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or derivative of a surface.
The interior normal vector of an ideal perfect sphere will always point toward the center, and the exterior normal vector directly away, and both will always be co-linear with the ray whose' tip ends at the point of intersection, which is the intersection of all three sets of points.
Well➦
Satisfactorily or sufficiently
Slept well.
Normal➦
(geometry) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
Well➦
Successfully or effectively
Gets along well with people.
Normal➦
A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid.
Well➦
In a comfortable or affluent manner
Lived well.
Normal➦
A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
Well➦
In a manner affording benefit or gain; advantageously
Married well.
Normal➦
The usual state.
His workload is now back to normal.
Heavy workload is the new normal.
Well➦
With reason or propriety; reasonably
Can't very well say no.
Normal➦
According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical.
Deviations from the normal type.
Well➦
In all likelihood; indeed
You may well need your umbrella.
Normal➦
According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle; as, a line normal to the base. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.
Well➦
In a prudent or sensible manner
You would do well to say nothing more.
Normal➦
Standard; original; exact; typical.
Well➦
In a close or familiar manner
Knew them well.
Normal➦
Any perpendicular.
Well➦
In a favorable or approving manner
Spoke well of them.
Normal➦
A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point.
Well➦
Thoroughly; completely
Well cooked.
Cooked well.
Normal➦
Something regarded as a normative example;
The convention of not naming the main character
Violence is the rule not the exception
His formula for impressing visitors
Well➦
Perfectly; clearly
I well understand your intentions.
Normal➦
Conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal;
Serve wine at normal room temperature
Normal diplomatic relations
Normal working hours
Normal word order
Normal curiosity
The normal course of events
Well➦
To a suitable or appropriate degree
This product will answer your needs equally well.
Normal➦
In accordance with scientific laws
Well➦
To a considerable extent or degree
Well over the estimate.
Normal➦
Being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development;
A perfectly normal child
Of normal intelligence
The most normal person I've ever met
Well➦
With care or attention
Listened well.
Normal➦
Forming a right angle
Well➦
Entirely; fully
Well worth seeing.
Well➦
In a satisfactory condition; right or proper
All is well.
Well➦
Not ailing, infirm, or diseased; healthy.
Well➦
Cured or healed, as a wound.
Well➦
Of or characterized by the maintenance of good health practices. Often used in combination
A well-baby clinic.
A well-child visit to the doctor.
Well➦
Advisable; prudent
It would be well not to ask.
Well➦
Fortunate; good
It is well that you stayed.
Well➦
Used to introduce a remark, resume a narrative, or fill a pause during conversation.
Well➦
Used to express surprise.
Well➦
(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
He does his job well.
Well➦
(manner) Completely, fully.
A well done steak
We’re well beat now.
Well➦
(degree) To a significant degree.
That author is well known.
A monument well worth seeing
Well➦
Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
Well➦
In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
Well➦
In good health.
I had been sick, but now I'm well.
Well➦
(hypercorrect) Good, content.
“How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”
Well➦
(uncommon) Prudent; good; well-advised.
Well➦
Good to eat; tasty, delicious.
Well➦
(Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting
Well lads. How's things?
Well➦
A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
Well➦
A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
Well➦
A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk.
Well➦
(figurative) A source of supply.
Well➦
(nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
Well➦
(nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
Well➦
(nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
Well➦
(nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
Well➦
(military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
Well➦
(architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
Well➦
The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
Well➦
(metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
Well➦
A well drink.
They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
Well➦
(video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
Well➦
(biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
Well➦
(intransitive) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
Well➦
(intransitive) To have something seep out of the surface.
Her eyes welled with tears.
Well➦
An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well.
Well➦
A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in.
The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.
Well➦
A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
Well➦
Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring.
Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled.
A well of serious thought and pure.
Well➦
An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection.
Well➦
A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
Well➦
An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
Well➦
The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
Well➦
To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
From his two springs in Gojam's sunny realm,Pure welling out, he through the lucid lakeOf fair Dambea rolls his infant streams.
Well➦
To pour forth, as from a well.
Well➦
In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly.
If thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.
Well➦
Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly.
Lot . . . beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere.
WE are wellable to overcome it.
She looketh well to the ways of her household.
Servant of God, well done! well hast thou foughtThe better fight.
Well➦
Fully or about; - used with numbers.
Well nine and twenty in a company.
Well➦
In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.
KnowIn measure what the mind may well contain.
All the world speaks well of you.
Well➦
Considerably; not a little; far.
Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age.
Well➦
Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered.
It was well with us in Egypt.
Well➦
Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well.
Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake?
Well➦
Being in favor; favored; fortunate.
He followed the fortunes of that family, and was well with Henry the Fourth.
Well➦
Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place.
Well➦
A deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
Well➦
A cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
Well➦
An abundant source;
She was a well of information
Well➦
An open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
Well➦
An enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
Well➦
Come up;
Tears well in her eyes
Well➦
In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury;
Appears to be entirely well
The wound is nearly well
A well man
I think I'm well; at least I feel well
Well➦
Resulting favorably;
Its a good thing that I wasn't there
It is good that you stayed
It is well that no one saw you
All's well that ends well
Well➦
Wise or advantageous and hence advisable;
It would be well to start early
Well➦
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well');
The children behaved well
A task well done
The party went well
He slept well
A well-argued thesis
A well-planned party
The baby can walk pretty good
Well➦
Thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form;
The problem is well understood
She was well informed
Shake well before using
In order to avoid food poisoning be sure the meat is well cooked
Well-done beef
Well-satisfied customers
Well-educated
Well➦
Indicating high probability; in all likelihood;
I might well do it
A mistake that could easily have ended in disaster
You may well need your umbrella
He could equally well be trying to deceive us
Well➦
(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully;
A book well worth reading
Was well aware of the difficulties ahead
Suspected only too well what might be going on
Well➦
To a suitable or appropriate extent or degree;
The project was well underway
The fetus has well developed organs
His father was well pleased with his grades
Well➦
Favorably; with approval;
Their neighbors spoke well of them
He thought well of the book
Well➦
To a great extent or degree;
I'm afraid the film was well over budget
Painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger
The house has fallen considerably in value
The price went up substantially
Well➦
With great or especially intimate knowledge;
We knew them well
Well➦
With prudence or propriety;
You would do well to say nothing more
Could not well refuse
Well➦
With skill or in a pleasing manner;
She dances well
He writes well
Well➦
In a manner affording benefit or advantage;
She married well
The children were settled advantageously in Seattle
Well➦
In financial comfort;
They live well
She has been able to live comfortably since her husband died
Well➦
Without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor;
Took the joke well
Took the tragic news well
