Rare vs. Moderate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Rare and Moderate
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Rare
Infrequently occurring; uncommon
A rare event.
A plant that is rare in this region.
Moderate
Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme
A moderate price.
Rare
Excellent; extraordinary
A rare sense of honor.
Moderate
Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate
A moderate climate.
Rare
Thin in density; rarefied
Rare air.
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Moderate
Of medium or average quantity or extent.
Rare
Cooked just a short time so as to retain juice and redness
A rare steak.
Moderate
Of limited or average quality; mediocre.
Rare
Very uncommon; scarce.
Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable.
Moderate
Opposed to radical or extreme views or measures, especially in politics or religion.
Rare
(of a gas) Thin; of low density.
Moderate
One who holds or champions moderate views or opinions, especially in politics or religion.
Rare
Good; enjoyable.
Moderate
To cause to be less extreme, intense, or violent.
Rare
(cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.
Well done
Moderate
To preside over
She was chosen to moderate the convention.
Rare
(obsolete) Early.
Moderate
To become less extreme, intense, or violent; abate.
Rare
(gaming) A scarce or uncommon item.
Moderate
To act as a moderator.
Rare
To rear, rise up, start backwards.
Moderate
Not excessive; acting in moderation
Moderate language
A moderate Calvinist
Travelling at a moderate speed
Rare
To rear, bring up, raise.
Moderate
More than mild, less than severe
Rare
Early.
Rude mechanicals that rare and lateWork in the market place.
Moderate
Mediocre
Rare
Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.
New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy careTurned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare.
Moderate
Average priced; standard-deal
Rare
Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event.
Moderate
Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
A moderate winter
Rare
Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found.
Rare work, all filled with terror and delight.
Above the rest I judge one beauty rare.
Moderate
Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
Rare
Thinly scattered; dispersed.
Those rare and solitary, these in flocks.
Moderate
One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so
The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.
Rare
Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations.
Water is nineteen times lighter, and by consequence nineteen times rarer, than gold.
A perfect union of wit and judgment is one of the rarest things in the world.
When any particular piece of money grew very scarce, it was often recoined by a succeeding emperor.
Moderate
One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
Rare
Not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness;
A rare word
Rare books
Moderate
(transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
To moderate rage, action, desires, etc.
Rare
Recurring only at long intervals;
A rare appearance
Total eclipses are rare events
Moderate
(intransitive) To become less excessive
Rare
Not widely distributed;
Rare herbs
Rare patches of gree in the desert
Moderate
(transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator
To moderate a synod
Rare
Marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind;
What is so rare as a day in June
A rare skill
An uncommon sense of humor
She was kind to an uncommon degree
Moderate
(intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise
Rare
Having low density;
Rare gasses
Lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air
Moderate
To supply with a moderator substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission.
A graphite-moderated reactor
Rare
(of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside;
Rare roast beef
Moderate
Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
A number of moderate members managed . . . to obtain a majority in a thin house.
Moderate
Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter.
Moderate
One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.
Moderate
To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.
By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water.
To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.
Moderate
To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a debate.
Moderate
To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.
Moderate
To preside as a moderator.
Dr. Barlow [was] engaged . . . to moderate for him in the divinity disputation.
Moderate
A person who takes a position in the political center
Moderate
Preside over;
John moderated the discussion
Moderate
Make less fast or intense;
Moderate your speed
Moderate
Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;
Moderate your alcohol intake
Hold your tongue
Hold your temper
Control your anger
Moderate
Make less severe or harsh;
He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears
Moderate
Make less strong or intense; soften;
Tone down that aggressive letter
The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
Moderate
Restrain or temper
Moderate
Being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme;
Moderate prices
A moderate income
A moderate fine
Moderate demands
A moderate estimate
A moderate eater
Moderate success
A kitchen of moderate size
The X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart
Moderate
Not extreme;
A moderate penalty
Temperate in his response to criticism
Moderate
Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes;
Moderate in his demands
Restrained in his response
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