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cancel vs balance

balance vs cancel

cancel and balance both are nouns.

cancel and balance both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cancel Yes No Yes No
balance Yes No Yes No
As verbs, balance is a hypernym of cancel; that is, balance is a word with a broader meaning than cancel:
  • cancel: make up for
  • balance: bring into balance or equilibrium
Other hypernyms of cancel include equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize.
cancel (noun) balance (noun)
a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
a weight that balances another weight
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
something left after other parts have been taken away
equality of distribution
a state of equilibrium
cancel (verb) balance (verb)
make invalid for use hold or carry in equilibrium
remove or make invisible compute credits and debits of an account
declare null and void; make ineffective bring into balance or equilibrium
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled be in equilibrium
make up for
Difference between cancel and balance

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