strait vs straight

Definitions

noun

1. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
2. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

adjective

1. narrow

Examples

Straits director Eric Lim said an ethylene dichloride (EDC) plant was in the planning stages and would be budgeted for separately.

The oil terminal is in the narrow strait that separates the island from the mainland.

The paper analyzes the evolution of Straits Settlements governments policy to overseas Chinese secret society.

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Definitions

adjective

1. (of hair) having no waves or curls
2. erect in posture
3. neatly arranged; not disorderly
4. without evasion or compromise
5. characterized by honesty and fairness

adverb

1. without deviation
2. in a straight line; in a direct course
3. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

noun

1. a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
2. a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
3. a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

Examples

Beard is rather dismissive of their optical sophistication, shown in the curvature of the stylobate and in the entasis of the columns — the slight outward swelling of a column designed to counter the optical illusion of concavity, were the columns 'sides to be perfectly straight.

So I cringe when a local newsperson shoves a microphone in the face of some young 95-pound twink (Straight Translation: a twink is a skinny homosexual with a lot of moxie).

A few alpha particles were deflected from their straight course.

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