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  1. What is the difference between "filtrated" and "filtered"?

    The word "filtered" seems to be much more common than "filtrated". I know that these words derive from "to filter" and "to filtrate". What is the difference in meaning between these two …

  2. Filter by or with? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jun 4, 2017 · Use by. With suggests the agent by which you will filter (or alternatively, the type of list you want to filter), rather than the criterion.

  3. "Filter by" or "filter according to"? - English Language & Usage …

    Feb 20, 2018 · I was wondering if "filter by" and "filter according to" are both valid, and can be used in the all context or are there exceptions. ie. Filtering a list of events by venue, or filtering …

  4. Can 'filtered' be ambiguous? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Thanks for the suggestions. Indeed "filtered in" seems quite strange, perhaps "filtered through" at best, but avoiding "filtered" at all seems to be a more reasonable solution.

  5. single word requests - English equivalent of komorebi (木漏れ日 ...

    Jun 27, 2014 · Is there an English equivalent of komorebi (木漏れ日), which means the sunshine filtering through the leaves of a tree (or trees)? It is made up of three kanji and the hiragana …

  6. Can "filter for x" be used in two opposite senses?

    Jul 2, 2020 · Can "filter for" be used in the following sense: "ABC is very important as it filters for high quality and reliable results." Filter for has been used as filter out: "8. to...

  7. Is there a word for the selective removal of items from a list (other ...

    Jun 21, 2020 · Is the filtered-list "the 'new' list of what was filtered out" or "the 'old' list that remains after all the filter-removals"?

  8. food - If I were to place Dine-in, Takeaway, and Delivery into a ...

    Nov 23, 2017 · This list of restaurants can be filtered by cuisine, features etc. I want this list to be able to filtered by dine-in, takeaway, delivery. What would be an appropriate name for this …

  9. What is the difference between 'make decision' and 'take decision'?

    The former are (at time of writing) all about formal decisions (by governments, official bodies, international committees etc); the latter - once quotes from US politicians are filtered out - …

  10. Difference in "capable" and "able" - English Language & Usage …

    There is a difference between being "able to do something" and being "capable of doing something", as the sentence illustrates: Everyone is able to kill, but not everyone is capable of …