duel vs dual
Definitions
noun
- a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
- any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)
verb
- fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman
Examples
This naturally resulted in a magical duel, which Crowley eventually won.
Aaron Burr are largely reduced to an amusing but pointless conversation with four gigantic hoodlums from Baltimore who are asked to interpret the word "despicable," which triggered the Burr-Hamilton duel.
The spot kick was a duel between the two best players on the pitch.
Definitions
adjective
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
Examples
It makes data generators, multimeters and oscilloscopes, as well as semiconductors, optoelectronic components and RF chip sets - all very complex products that require a great deal of customization for individual customers.
In most island arcs only a relatively small proportion of the individual volcanoes actually rise above sea level.
The ether gradually absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere, being converted into acetic acid; this, by its superior affinities, reacts on the iodide present, converting it into acetate, with liberation of hydriodic acid; while this latter, under the influence of the atmospheric oxygen, is very rapidly converted into water and iodine.
