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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 verbs? The

  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 Stack ...

    Feb 20, 2018 · trier has another translation of "to sort" in which case "sort by" is much more common than "sort according to". The verb "to filter" has a more passive meaning in which the filtration …

  4. 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 particle れ. The …

  5. Usage of "filter in" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Nov 30, 2022 · I do not find any examples of this usage of filter as a verb with the preposition ‘in’ in OED online (subscription needed) and am not even familiar with ‘filter in’ in relation to traffic, although it …

  6. 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.

  7. 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...

  8. What's a word for the shape of the space among the trees in a forest?

    Jan 18, 2017 · 47 The word "interstice" comes to mind. I'm a biology graduate and we referred to the space between the body's tissues as the interstitial space. Interstice — ODO (noun) usually …

  9. 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"?

  10. formality - Formal way to tell someone they accidentally sent you ...

    I have received an email from someone at work. He’s quite senior and probably would get quite angry to get an “accusing” message like: I wasn’t supposed to get this email. It looks like you sent ...