The difference between English and Side

When used as nouns, english means spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling, whereas side means a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

Side is also adverb with the meaning: widely.

Side is also verb with the meaning: to ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with".

Side is also adjective with the meaning: being on the left or right, or toward the left or right.

check bellow for the other definitions of English and Side

  1. English as a noun (US):

    Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.

    Examples:

    "You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english."

  2. English as a noun (figurative):

    An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.

  1. Side as a noun:

    A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

    Examples:

    "A square has four sides."

  2. Side as a noun:

    A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

    Examples:

    "A cube has six sides."

  3. Side as a noun:

    One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.

    Examples:

    "Which side of the tray shall I put it on?  nowrap The patient was bleeding on the right side."

  4. Side as a noun:

    A region in a specified position with respect to something.

    Examples:

    "Meet me on the north side of the monument."

  5. Side as a noun:

    The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.

    Examples:

    "I generally sleep on my side."

  6. Side as a noun:

    One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)

    Examples:

    "John wrote 15 sides for his essay!"

  7. Side as a noun:

    One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.

    Examples:

    "Look on the bright side."

  8. Side as a noun:

    One set of competitors in a game.

    Examples:

    "Which side has kick-off?"

  9. Side as a noun (UK, Australia, Ireland):

    A sports team.

  10. Side as a noun:

    A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.

    Examples:

    "In the second world war, the Italians were on the side of the Germans."

  11. Side as a noun (music):

    A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.

  12. Side as a noun (sports, billiards, snooker, pool):

    Sidespin; english

    Examples:

    "He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball."

  13. Side as a noun (British, Australia, Ireland, dated):

    A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched .

    Examples:

    "I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight."

  14. Side as a noun (US, colloquial):

    A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.

    Examples:

    "Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that?"

  15. Side as a noun:

    A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

    Examples:

    "his mother's side of the family"

  16. Side as a noun (baseball):

    The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher

  17. Side as a noun (slang, dated):

    An unjustified air of self-importance.

  1. Side as a verb (intransitive):

    To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"

    Examples:

    "Which will you side with, good or evil?"

  2. Side as a verb:

    To lean on one side.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  3. Side as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

  4. Side as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To suit; to pair; to match.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Clarendon"

  5. Side as a verb (transitive, shipbuilding):

    To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

  6. Side as a verb (transitive):

    To furnish with a siding.

    Examples:

    "to side a house"

  7. Side as a verb (transitive, cooking):

    To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.

  1. Side as an adjective:

    Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.

  2. Side as an adjective:

    Indirect; oblique; incidental.

    Examples:

    "a side issue; a side view or remark"

  3. Side as an adjective (UK, _, archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland):

    Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.

  4. Side as an adjective (Scotland):

    Far; distant.

  1. Side as an adverb (UK, _, dialectal):

    Widely; wide; far.

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