Stern vs. Solemn — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Stern and Solemn
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Stern
The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite the bow, the foremost part of a ship.
Solemn
Serious and dignified
A solemn occasion.
Stern
Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character
A stern disciplinarian.
Solemn
Showing or behaving with dignified restraint or earnestness
"Spade's face was solemn except for wrinkles at the corners of his eyes" (Dashiell Hammett).
Stern
Showing or expressing displeasure or disapproval; forbidding or harsh
A stern face.
A stern voice.
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Solemn
Performed with full ceremony
A solemn High Mass.
Stern
Firm or unyielding; uncompromising
Stern resistance.
Solemn
Made with deep sincerity or invoking the force of religion
A solemn vow.
Stern
Difficult to endure; oppressive
Stern necessity.
Solemn
Dark or undecorated
A solemn forest.
A solemn hall.
Stern
(Nautical) The rear part of a ship or boat.
Solemn
Of or pertaining to religious ceremonies and rites; (generally) religious in nature; sacred.
Stern
A rear part or section.
Solemn
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Stern
Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
Solemn
Characterized by or performed with appropriate or great ceremony or formality.
Stern
Grim and forbidding in appearance.
Solemn
Deeply serious and sombre; grave.
Stern
(nautical) The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
Solemn
Inspiring serious feelings or thoughts; sombrely impressive.
Stern
(figurative) The post of management or direction.
Solemn
(obsolete) Cheerless, gloomy, sombre.
Stern
The hinder part of anything.
Solemn
Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.
His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned.
The worship of this image was advanced, and a solemn supplication observed everry year.
Stern
The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
Solemn
Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal.
Stern
A bird, the black tern.
Solemn
Stately; ceremonious; grand.
His feast so solemn and so rich.
To-night we hold a splemn supper.
Stern
To steer, to direct the course of (a ship).
Solemn
Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness.
Nor wanting power to mitigate and swageWith solemn touches troubled thoughts.
There reigned a solemn silence over all.
Stern
To propel or move backward or stern-first in the water.
Solemn
Real; earnest; downright.
Frederick, the emperor, . . . has spared no expense in strengthening this city; since which time we find no solemn taking it by the Turks.
Stern
The black tern.
Solemn
Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face.
Stern
The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
Solemn
Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form.
Stern
The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.
Solemn
Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises;
A grave God-fearing man
A quiet sedate nature
As sober as a judge
A solemn promise
The judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence
Stern
Fig.: The post of management or direction.
And sit chiefest stern of public weal.
Solemn
Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions;
Both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate
An entirely sincere and cruel tyrant
A film with a solemn social message
Stern
The hinder part of anything.
Stern
The tail of an animal; - now used only of the tail of a dog.
Stern
Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
The sterne wind so loud gan to rout.
I would outstare the sternest eyes that look.
When that the poor have cried, Cæsar hath wept;Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard.
These barren rocks, your stern inheritance.
Stern
Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
Stern
The rear part of a ship
Stern
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
Stern
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Stern
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect;
An austere expression
A stern face
Stern
Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;
Grim determination
Grim necessity
Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
Relentless persecution
The stern demands of parenthood
Stern
Severe and unremitting in making demands;
An exacting instructor
A stern disciplinarian
Strict standards
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