The difference between Odd and Single

When used as nouns, odd means an , whereas single means (music) a 45 rpm vinyl record with one song on side a and one on side b.

When used as adjectives, odd means single, whereas single means not accompanied by anything else.

Single is also verb with the meaning: to identify or select one member of a group from the others.

check bellow for the other definitions of Odd and Single

  1. Odd as an adjective (not comparable):

    Single; sole; singular; not having a mate.

    Examples:

    "Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks."

  2. Odd as an adjective (obsolete):

    Singular in excellence; unique; sole; matchless; peerless; famous.

  3. Odd as an adjective:

    Singular in looks or character; peculiar; eccentric.

  4. Odd as an adjective:

    Strange, unusual.

    Examples:

    "She slept in, which was very odd."

  5. Odd as an adjective (not comparable):

    Occasional; infrequent.

    Examples:

    "but for the odd exception"

  6. Odd as an adjective (not comparable):

    Left over, remaining when the rest have been grouped.

    Examples:

    "I'm the odd one out."

  7. Odd as an adjective (not comparable):

    Casual, irregular, not planned.

    Examples:

    "He's only worked odd jobs."

  8. Odd as an adjective (not comparable, in combination with a number):

    About, approximately.

    Examples:

    "There were thirty-odd people in the room."

  9. Odd as an adjective (not comparable):

    Indivisible by two; not even.

    Examples:

    "The product of odd numbers is also odd."

  10. Odd as an adjective:

    Sporadic; scattered in frequency; occurring randomly

    Examples:

    "I don't speak Latin well, so in hearing a dissertation in Latin, I would only be able to make out the odd word of it."

  11. Odd as an adjective (sports):

    On the left.

    Examples:

    "He served from the odd court. "

  1. Odd as a noun (mathematics, diminutive):

    An .

    Examples:

    "So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds."

  2. Odd as a noun (colloquial):

    Something left over, not forming part of a set.

    Examples:

    "I've got three complete sets of these [[trading card]]s for sale, plus a few dozen odds."

  1. Single as an adjective:

    Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.

    Examples:

    "Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?"

    "The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose."

  2. Single as an adjective:

    Not divided in parts.

    Examples:

    "The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate."

  3. Single as an adjective:

    Designed for the use of only one.

    Examples:

    "a single room"

  4. Single as an adjective:

    Performed by one person, or one on each side.

    Examples:

    "a single combat"

  5. Single as an adjective:

    Not married or (in modern times) not involved in a romantic relationship without being married or not dating anyone exclusively.

    Examples:

    "Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced, or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single"."

    "Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website."

  6. Single as an adjective (botany):

    Having only one rank or row of petals.

  7. Single as an adjective (obsolete):

    Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.

  8. Single as an adjective:

    Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.

  9. Single as an adjective (obsolete):

    Simple; foolish; weak; silly.

  1. Single as a noun:

    (music) A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.

  2. Single as a noun:

    (music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.

    Examples:

    "The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album."

  3. Single as a noun:

    One who is not married.

    Examples:

    "He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there."

  4. Single as a noun (cricket):

    A score of one run.

  5. Single as a noun (baseball):

    A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.

  6. Single as a noun (dominoes):

    A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.

  7. Single as a noun:

    A bill valued at $1.

    Examples:

    "I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change."

  8. Single as a noun (UK):

    A one-way ticket.

  9. Single as a noun (Canadian football):

    A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge.

  10. Single as a noun (tennis, chiefly, in the plural):

    A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.

  11. Single as a noun:

    One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.

  12. Single as a noun (UK, Scotland, dialect):

    A handful of gleaned grain.

  1. Single as a verb:

    To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out.

    Examples:

    "Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag."

    "Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with."

  2. Single as a verb (baseball):

    To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.

    Examples:

    "Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention."

  3. Single as a verb (agriculture):

    To thin out.

  4. Single as a verb (of a horse):

    To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.

  5. Single as a verb:

    To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.

  6. Single as a verb:

    To take alone, or one by one.

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