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pure vs sheer

sheer vs pure

pure and sheer both are adjectives.

pure is not a verb while sheer is a verb.

pure is not an adverb while sheer is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pure No Yes No No
sheer No Yes Yes Yes
pure (adjective) sheer (adjective)
(used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
free of extraneous elements of any kind not mixed with extraneous elements
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
in a state of sexual virginity so thin as to transmit light
free from discordant qualities
concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
pure (verb) sheer (verb)
turn sharply; change direction abruptly
cause to sheer
pure (adverb) sheer (adverb)
completely
straight up or down without a break
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