Difference between Steep and Sheer

STEEP vs SHEER: NOUN

B escarpment
A liquid used in a steeping process
A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.
A rennet bag.
Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
Plural The solutions or baths in which metals are dipped preparatory to electro-plating.
Same as brasque.
Rennet: so called from being steeped before it is used.
That in which anything is steeped; specifically, a fertilizing liquid in which seeds are soaked to quicken germination.
The process of steeping; the state of being steeped, soaked, or permeated: used chiefly in the phrase in steep.
A steep or precipitous place; an abrupt ascent or descent; a precipice.
A liquid, bath, or solution in which something is steeped.
The state of being steeped.
The act or process of steeping.
A precipitous slope.
A steep place (as on a hill)

To deviate from sheer, and risk fouling the anchor.
The strake under the gunwale on the top side.
An iron rod lashed to the shrouds just above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
A projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle line of the vessel.
See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
A boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side.
A long strip of wood to guide the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
Shears See Shear.
A turn or change in a course.
The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
A light scaffold, usually with three inclined legs, on which miners stand in drilling to get above the drill-rod.
A curving course or sweep; a deviation or divergence from a particular course.
The paint-strake or sheer-strake of a vessel.
The position in which a ship at single anchor is placed to keep her clear of the anchor.
The rise from a horizontal plane of the longitudinal lines of a ship as seen in looking along its side.
The position in which a ship at anchor is maintained in order to keep it clear of the anchor.
The upward curve or amount of upward curve of the longitudinal lines of a ship's hull as viewed from the side.
A swerving or deviating course.
One that is sheer, such as a curtain.

STEEP vs SHEER: ADJECTIVE

Expensive
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
Excessive.
Difficult of access; not easily reached; lofty; elevated; high.
Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous.
Ambitious; difficult.
Excessive; stiff.
At a rapid or precipitous rate.
Having a sharp inclination; precipitous.
Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
Having a sharp inclination
Of a slope; set at a high angle

Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright.
Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics.
Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
Almost perpendicular; steep: : steep.
Considered or operating apart from anything else.
Free from admixture or adulterants; unmixed.
Completely such, without qualification or exception.
Thin, fine, and translucent: : airy.
So thin as to transmit light
Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
Not mixed with extraneous elements

STEEP vs SHEER: VERB

Devote (oneself) fully to
To make tea (or other beverage) by placing leaves in hot water.
To be imbued with an abstract quality
To soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove components to or from the item
Engross (oneself) fully
Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Cause to sheer

STEEP vs SHEER: INTRANSITIVE VERB

To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid.
To undergo a soaking in liquid.
To make thoroughly wet; saturate.
To infuse or subject thoroughly to.
To soak in liquid in order to cleanse, soften, or extract a given property from.

To approach obliquely.
To turn or move aside to a distance; to move away.
To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve.

STEEP vs SHEER: TRANSITIVE VERB

To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking. Often used figuratively.

To shear.

STEEP vs SHEER: ADVERB

Clean; quite; at once.
Completely; altogether.
Almost perpendicularly.
Straight up or down without a break
Directly

STEEP vs SHEER: OTHER WORD TYPES

Set at a high angle
Of a slope
To be bathed in a liquid; soak.
To imbue or impregnate as with a specified influence; cause to become permeated or pervaded (with): followed by in.
To bathe with a liquid; wet; moisten.
To soak in a liquid; macerate: as, to steep barley; to steep herbs.
To tilt (a barrel).
Bright; glittering; fiery.
Excessive; difficult; forbidding: as, a steep undertaking; a steep price.
Elevated; high; lofty.
Having an almost perpendicular slope; precipitous; sheer.

Very steep
Change direction abruptly
Turn sharply
Completely
Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Nautical, to swerve or deviate from a line or course; turn aside or away, as for the purpose of avoiding collision or other danger: as, to sheer off from a rock.
An obsolete spelling of shear.
To make pure; clear; purify.
Quite; right; straight; clean.
Very thin and delicate; diaphanous: especially said of cambric or muslin.
Straight up or straight down; perpendicular; precipitous; unobstructed: as, a sheer descent.
Absolute; utter; downright: as, sheer nonsense or ignorance; sheer waste; sheer stupidity.
Uncombined with anything else; simple; mere; bare; by itself.
Pure; clear; bright; shining.
(intransitive; transitive verb) To swerve or cause to swerve from a course.

STEEP vs SHEER: RELATED WORDS

Sheer, Perpendicular, Bold, Unconscionable, Outrageous, Absorb, Extortionate, Bluff, High, Abrupt, Exorbitant, Heavy, Plunge, Sharp, Precipitous

Steep, Thin, Rank, Filmy, Unmixed, Complete, Gauzy, Cobwebby, Downright, Vaporous, Diaphanous, Plain, Gossamer, Absolute, Pure

STEEP vs SHEER: DESCRIBE WORDS

Immoderate, Sheer, Perpendicular, Bold, Unconscionable, Outrageous, Extortionate, Bluff, High, Abrupt, Exorbitant, Heavy, Plunge, Sharp, Precipitous

Steep, Thin, Rank, Filmy, Unmixed, Complete, Gauzy, Cobwebby, Downright, Vaporous, Diaphanous, Plain, Gossamer, Absolute, Pure

STEEP vs SHEER: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

It is licensed, with a steep licensing cost.
The number of future for steep, inaccessible lands.
No steep slopes are located on the site.
Avoid stopping and starting on steep hills initially.
Steep downgrade in the road ahead, slow down.
The trail also includes several very steep climbs.
Turning or driving across steep hills can bedangerous.
Steep increase in mass and the unchanged radii lead to a steep increase in atomic and ionic radii of last!
While there are special tools to help you steep tea, you can also keep it simple and still steep like an expert.
The land ranges from nearly level to steep, but most areas are gently sloping to moderately steep.

The Jumeirah Zabeel Saray is about sheer indulgence.
Not to mention the sheer pleasure of it.
For a more sheer coverage, warm between fingertips.
We gasped before our television with sheer excitement.
Wallenda, who defied gravity out of sheer heart.
The growth in sheer numbers brought heavy clout.
Sheer chaos seems inevitable in that unhappy instance.
Cooper is sheer class as his mirror image.
The airport can be the springboard for sheer frustration or sheer joy, depending on the day, your destination and the service.
We also carry sheer weight interfacing, which is meant to be used for clothing and decorations that utilize sheer fabrics.

STEEP vs SHEER: QUESTIONS

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STEEP AND SHEER

STEEP vs SHEER: NOUN

STEEP vs SHEER: ADJECTIVE

STEEP vs SHEER: VERB

STEEP vs SHEER: INTRANSITIVE VERB

STEEP vs SHEER: TRANSITIVE VERB

STEEP vs SHEER: ADVERB

STEEP vs SHEER: OTHER WORD TYPES

STEEP vs SHEER: RELATED WORDS

STEEP vs SHEER: DESCRIBE WORDS

STEEP vs SHEER: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

STEEP vs SHEER: QUESTIONS