The difference between Hard and Solid

When used as nouns, hard means a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water, whereas solid means a substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).

When used as adverbs, hard means with much force or effort, whereas solid means solidly.

When used as adjectives, hard means having a severe property, whereas solid means that can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. unlike a liquid or a gas.

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  1. Hard as an adjective (of material or fluid):

    Having a severe property; presenting difficulty. Resistant to pressure. Strong. High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium. Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).

    Examples:

    "This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it."

  2. Hard as an adjective (personal or social):

    Having a severe property; presenting difficulty. Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand. Demanding a lot of effort to endure. Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal. Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

    Examples:

    "a hard problem"

    "a hard life"

    "a hard master;  a hard heart;  hard words;  a hard character"

    "don't be so hard on yourself"

  3. Hard as an adjective:

    Unquestionable.

    Examples:

    "'hard evidence"

  4. Hard as an adjective (of a road intersection):

    Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.

    Examples:

    "At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left."

  5. Hard as an adjective (slang, vulgar, of a [[male]]):

    Sexually aroused.

    Examples:

    "I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach."

  6. Hard as an adjective (bodybuilding):

    Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.

  7. Hard as an adjective (phonetics, uncomparable):

    Plosive. Unvoiced Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized

    Examples:

    "There is a hard ''c'' in "clock" and a soft ''c'' in "centre"."

    "'Hard ''k'', ''t'', ''s'', ''ch'', as distinguished from soft, ''g'', ''d'', ''z'', ''j''."

    "The letter m ru ж in Russian is always hard."

  8. Hard as an adjective (arts):

    Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment. Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.

  9. Hard as an adjective (uncomparable):

    In the form of a hard copy.

    Examples:

    "We need both a digital archive and a hard archive."

  1. Hard as an adverb (manner):

    With much force or effort.

    Examples:

    "He hit the puck hard up the ice."

    "They worked hard all week."

    "At the intersection, bear hard left."

    "The recession hit them especially hard."

    "Think hard about your choices."

  2. Hard as an adverb (manner):

    With difficulty.

    Examples:

    "His degree was hard earned."

    "The vehicle moves hard."

  3. Hard as an adverb (obsolete):

    So as to raise difficulties.

  4. Hard as an adverb (manner):

    Compactly.

    Examples:

    "The lake had finally frozen hard."

  5. Hard as an adverb (now, archaic):

    Near, close.

  1. Hard as a noun (countable, nautical):

    A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.

  2. Hard as a noun (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang):

    crack cocaine.

  3. Hard as a noun (motorsports):

  1. Solid as an adjective (of an object or substance):

    That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas.

    Examples:

    "Almost all metals are solid at room temperature."

  2. Solid as an adjective:

    Large in size, quantity, or value.

  3. Solid as an adjective:

    Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.

    Examples:

    "solid [[gold]]'', ''solid [[chocolate]]"

  4. Solid as an adjective:

    Strong or unyielding.

    Examples:

    "a solid foundation"

  5. Solid as an adjective (slang):

    Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.

    Examples:

    "That's a solid plan."

    "Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid."

    "I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude."

  6. Solid as an adjective:

    Hearty; filling.

    Examples:

    "a solid meal"

  7. Solid as an adjective:

    Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.

  8. Solid as an adjective:

    Sound; not weak.

    Examples:

    "a solid constitution of body"

  9. Solid as an adjective (typography):

    Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.

    Examples:

    "American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates."

  10. Solid as an adjective (printing, dated):

    Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.

  11. Solid as an adjective (US, politics, slang):

    United; without division; unanimous.

    Examples:

    "The delegation is solid for a candidate."

  12. Solid as an adjective:

    Of a single color throughout.

    Examples:

    "John painted the walls solid white."

    "He wore a solid shirt with floral pants."

  13. Solid as an adjective (of drawn lines):

    Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.

    Examples:

    "The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths."

  14. Solid as an adjective (dated):

    Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.

    Examples:

    "A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches."

  1. Solid as a noun (chemistry):

    A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).

  2. Solid as a noun (geometry):

    A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).

  3. Solid as a noun (informal):

    A favor.

    Examples:

    "Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week."

    "I owe him; he did me a solid last year."

  4. Solid as a noun:

    An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.

    Examples:

    "I prefer solids over paisleys."

  5. Solid as a noun (in the plural):

    Food which is not liquid-based.

    Examples:

    "The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation."

  1. Solid as an adverb:

    Solidly.

  2. Solid as an adverb (not comparable, typography):

    Without spaces or hyphens.

    Examples:

    "Many long-established compounds are set solid."

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