The difference between Domestic and Wild
When used as nouns, domestic means a house servant, whereas wild means the undomesticated state of a wild animal.
When used as adjectives, domestic means of or relating to the home, whereas wild means untamed.
Wild is also adverb with the meaning: inaccurately.
Wild is also verb with the meaning: to commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.
check bellow for the other definitions of Domestic and Wild
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Domestic as an adjective:
Of or relating to the home.
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Domestic as an adjective:
Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
Examples:
"[[domestic violence domestic violence]]; [[domestic hot water domestic hot water]]"
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Domestic as an adjective (of an animal):
Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
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Domestic as an adjective:
Internal to a specific country.
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Domestic as an adjective:
Tending to stay at home; not outgoing.
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Domestic as a noun:
A house servant; a maid; a household worker.
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Domestic as a noun:
A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent
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Wild as an adjective:
Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).
Examples:
"ant tame"
"Przewalski's horses are the only remaining wild horses."
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Wild as an adjective:
From or relating to wild creatures.
Examples:
"wild honey"
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Wild as an adjective:
Unrestrained or uninhibited.
Examples:
"I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall."
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Wild as an adjective:
Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
Examples:
"The fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement."
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Wild as an adjective:
Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
Examples:
"Her mother was wild with fear when she didn't return home after the party."
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Wild as an adjective:
Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
Examples:
"After a week on the trail without a mirror, my hair was wild and dirty."
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Wild as an adjective:
Enthusiastic.
Examples:
"I'm not wild about the idea of a two day car trip with my nephews, but it's my only option."
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Wild as an adjective:
Inaccurate.
Examples:
"The novice archer fired a wild shot and hit her opponent's target."
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Wild as an adjective:
Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
Examples:
"a wild roadstead"
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Wild as an adjective (nautical):
Hard to steer; said of a vessel.
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Wild as an adjective (mathematics, of a [[knot]]):
Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
Examples:
"ant tame"
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Wild as an adjective (slang):
Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
Examples:
"Did you hear? Pat won the lottery! - Wow, that's wild!"
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Wild as an adjective:
Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
Examples:
"In this card game, aces are wild: they can take the place of any other card."
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Wild as an adverb:
Inaccurately; not on target.
Examples:
"The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing."
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Wild as a noun:
The undomesticated state of a wild animal
Examples:
"After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild."
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Wild as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):
a wilderness
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Wild as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.
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Wild as a noun: