coarse vs course

Definitions

adjective

1. of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
2. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
3. of low or inferior quality or value

Examples

 The bird's silky down began to coarsen and fray, and its beak began to harden and grow.

I only saw the southernmost, which is strongly impregnated with sulphur, and made my thermometer rise to 102°; it constantly bubbles from a bottom of coarse gravel, in the middle of the bason, which is about twenty feet in circumference, and four feet deep.

This is a small holopid with rounded whorls, deep sutures and a body whorl bearing coarse collabral threads.

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Definitions

adverb

1. as might be expected

noun

1. a line or route along which something travels or moves
2. a mode of action
3. facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
4. general line of orientation
5. (construction) a layer of masonry

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verb

1. move along, of liquids
2. move swiftly through or over
3. hunt with hounds

Examples

Mr. Sorapong, 35 years old, selected industrial estate developers Hemaraj Land & Development PCL and Amata Corporation PCL among his top picks, with Hemaraj returning 147% over the course of 2010 and Amata providing a 99% return on investment.

I add a little extra for being all spaced-out, of course.

Larger butter pieces (not huge, of course, but quite a bit larger than “wet sand”) result in a flakier biscuit.

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