Singular vs. Sole — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Singular and Sole
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Singular
Being only one; individual; lone
A singular tree in the meadow.
Sole
A shipping forecast area in the north-eastern Atlantic, covering the western approaches to the English Channel.
Singular
Being the only one of a kind; unique
"Our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared" (Barack Obama).
Sole
Put a new sole on to (a shoe)
He wanted several pairs of boots to be soled and heeled
Singular
Being beyond what is ordinary, especially in being exceptionally good; remarkable
"Dinners with [our two friends] became the evenings we looked forward to with singular pleasure" (David Halberstam).
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Sole
One and only
My sole aim was to contribute to the national team
Singular
Strange or unusual
"I accordingly obeyed forthwith what I still considered a very singular summons" (Edgar Allan Poe).
Sole
(especially of a woman) unmarried.
Singular
Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit.
Sole
The underside of the foot.
Singular
Of, relating to, or being a verb expressing the action or state of a single subject.
Sole
The underside of a shoe or boot, often excluding the heel.
Singular
(Logic) Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.
Sole
The bottom surface of a plow.
Singular
The singular number or a form designating it.
Sole
The bottom surface of the head of a golf club.
Singular
A word having a singular number.
Sole
Any of various chiefly marine flatfishes of the family Soleidae, having both eyes on the right side of the body, and including food fishes such as the Dover sole of the Atlantic Ocean.
Singular
Being only one of a larger population.
A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.
Sole
Any of various other flatfishes, especially certain flounders.
Singular
Being the only one of the kind; unique.
She has a singular personality.
Sole
To furnish (a shoe or boot) with a sole.
Singular
Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
A man of singular gravity or attainments
Sole
To put the sole of (a golf club) on the ground, as in preparing to make a stroke.
Singular
Out of the ordinary; curious.
It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.
Sole
Being the only one
The sole survivor of the crash.
Singular
(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
Sole
Of or relating to only one individual or group; exclusive
She took sole command of the ship.
Singular
Having no inverse.
Sole
Only.
Singular
Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
Sole
(legal) Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
Singular
Not equal to its own cofinality.
Sole
Unique; unsurpassed.
The sole brilliance of this gem.
Singular
(law) Each; individual.
To convey several parcels of land, all and singular
Sole
With independent power; unfettered.
A sole authority.
Singular
(obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
Sole
(anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
Singular
(grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.
Sole
(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.
Singular
(logic) That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.
Sole
(obsolete) The foot itself.
Singular
Separate or apart from others; single; distinct.
And God forbid that all a companyShould rue a singular man's folly.
Sole
(fish) Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.
Singular
Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
To try the matter thus together in a singular combat.
Sole
The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
Singular
Existing by itself; single; individual.
The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound.
Sole
The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.
Singular
Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.
Sole
The bottom of a furrow.
Singular
Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; - opposed to dual and plural.
Sole
The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.
Singular
Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.
So singular a sadnessMust have a cause as strange as the effect.
Sole
The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
Singular
Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.
Sole
(military) The bottom of an embrasure.
Singular
Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; - often implying disapproval or censure.
His zealNone seconded, as out of season judged,Or singular and rash.
To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise.
Sole
(nautical) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
Singular
Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique.
These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind.
Sole
(nautical) The floor inside the cabin of a yacht or boat
Singular
An individual instance; a particular.
Sole
(mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
Singular
The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.
Sole
A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
Singular
The form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
Sole
A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.
Singular
Unusual or striking;
A remarkable sight
Such poise is singular in one so young
Sole
(transitive) to put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
Singular
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
A curious hybrid accent
Her speech has a funny twang
They have some funny ideas about war
Had an odd name
The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
Something definitely queer about this town
What a rum fellow
Singular behavior
Sole
To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.
Singular
Being a single and separate person or thing;
Can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?
Every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind
Sole
Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidæ, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.
Singular
Grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
Sole
The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.
The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot.
Hast wandered through the world now long a day,Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead.
Singular
The single one of its kind;
A singular example
The unique existing example of Donne's handwriting
A unique copy of an ancient manuscript
Certain types of problems have unique solutions
Sole
The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.
The "caliga" was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep.
Sole
The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
Sole
To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.
Sole
Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.
He, be sure . . . first and last will reignSole king.
Sole
Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.
Sole
The underside of footwear or a golfclub
Sole
Lean flesh of any of several flatfish
Sole
The underside of the foot
Sole
Right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
Sole
Put a new sole on;
Sole the shoes
Sole
Not divided or shared with others;
They have exclusive use of the machine
Sole rights of publication
Sole
Being the only one; single and isolated from others;
The lone doctor in the entire county
A lonesome pine
An only child
The sole heir
The sole example
A solitary instance of cowardice
A solitary speck in the sky
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