Raw vs. Smackdown — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Raw and Smackdown
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Raw
Uncooked
Raw meat.
Smackdown
A vehement or heated confrontation
"[It was easy] to dismiss the whole affair as just another Red-Blue partisan smackdown" (Howard Fineman).
Raw
Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined
Raw wool.
Smackdown
A contest or comparison, especially one in which one side is expected to outclass the other
A smackdown between schools to see which one can reduce energy consumption the most.
Raw
Not finished, covered, or coated
Raw wood.
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Smackdown
A physical or emotional confrontation; a battle, a fight; also, a bitter rivalry.
Raw
Not having been subjected to adjustment, treatment, or analysis
Raw data.
The raw cost of production.
Smackdown
A significant or humiliating setback or defeat; a beating, a thrashing.
Raw
Undeveloped or unused
Raw land.
Raw
Recently finished; fresh
Raw plaster.
Raw
Inexperienced or untrained
A raw youth.
Raw recruits.
Raw
Having subcutaneous tissue exposed
A raw wound.
Raw
Inflamed; sore
A raw throat.
Raw
Unpleasantly damp and chilly
Raw weather.
Raw
Powerfully impressive; stark
Raw beauty.
Raw talent.
Raw
Direct in description and explicit in realistic detail
The film's raw depiction of urban poverty.
Raw
Crude, vulgar, or coarse
Raw language.
Raw
Nude; naked
Was standing there raw.
Raw
Engaged in without the protection of a condom.
Raw
Done in a rough or unrestrained manner. Used of sex.
Raw
(Slang) Without a condom; unprotected.
Raw
(cooking) of food Not cooked.
There's nothing but raw eggs for breakfast.
Raw
Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.
Raw cane sugar
Raw sewage
Raw
Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
A raw wound
Raw
New or inexperienced.
A raw beginner
Raw
Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.
A raw voice
Raw
Uncorrected, without analysis.
Raw
Unpleasantly cold or damp.
A raw wind
Raw
Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed.
Raw emotion
Raw
Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc.
A raw description of the American political arena
Raw
Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters.
Raw
(obsolete) Not covered; bare; bald.
Raw
(slang) Without a condom.
We did it raw.
Raw
An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
Raw
A galled place; an inveterate sore.
Raw
A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.
Raw
A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.
Raw
A scan that has not been cleaned purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process and has not been scanlated.
Raw
(slang) To anally or vaginally penetrate without a condom.
Raw
Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna;
Raw
Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.
Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude.
Raw
Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.
Raw
Not covered; bare.
And all his sinews waxen weak and rawThrough long imprisonment.
Raw
Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
Raw
A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.
Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw.
Raw
Informal terms for nakedness;
In the raw
In the altogether
In his birthday suit
Raw
(used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition;
Natural yogurt
Natural produce
Raw wool
Raw sugar
Bales of rude cotton
Raw
Having the surface exposed and painful;
A raw wound
Raw
Not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
Raw
Not processed or refined;
Raw sewage
Raw
Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure;
Naked ambition
Raw fury
You may kill someone someday with your raw power
Raw
Brutally unfair or harsh;
Received raw treatment from his friends
A raw deal
Raw
Not processed or subjected to analysis;
Raw data
The raw cost of production
Only the crude vital statistics
Raw
Untempered and unrefined;
Raw talent
Raw beauty
Raw
Unpleasantly cold and damp;
Bleak winds of the North Atlantic
Raw
Inflamed and painful;
His throat was raw
Had a sore throat
Raw
Used of wood and furniture;
Raw wood
Raw
Lacking training or experience;
The new men were eager to fight
Raw recruits
He was still wet behind the ears when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel
Raw
(used informally) completely unclothed
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