Webster's New World Thesaurus by Charlton Laird, 1974 (first printed 1971)
vs.
Roget's College Thesaurus by Albert H. Morehead, 1962 (first printing in 1958)
Let the games begin!
First round: Main, Tumultous, Hard, Absolute, Wacky, First-class, Boil, Arriving
Webster: Main: [Principal] chief, dominant, first, authoritative, significant, most important, superior, foremost, leading; see also major 1.2 [Only] utter, pure, simple; see absolute.
Rogets: Main: conduit, pipe; strength, power; sea, OCEAN. chief, principal; sheer. See SUPERIORITY.
Whoa.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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Rogets is the poet in this one, the abstract thinker. Rogets sounds like Thoreau's thoughts on "Main." I LIKE IT.
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