Simple vs. Easy

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  • Simple (adjective)

    Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.

  • Simple (adjective)

    Without ornamentation; plain.

  • Simple (adjective)

    Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.

  • Simple (adjective)

    Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.

  • Simple (adjective)

    Trivial; insignificant.

  • Simple (adjective)

    Feeble-minded; foolish.

  • Simple (adjective)

    Structurally uncomplicated.

  • Simple (adjective)

    Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.

  • Simple (adjective)

    Of a group: having no normal subgroup.

  • Simple (adjective)

    Not compound, but possibly lobed.

  • Simple (adjective)

    Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.

  • Simple (adjective)

    Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound.

    “a simple ascidian”

  • Simple (adjective)

    Mere; not other than; being only.

  • Simple (noun)

    A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.

  • Simple (noun)

    A physician.

  • Simple (noun)

    A simple or atomic proposition.

  • Simple (noun)

    Something not mixed or compounded.

  • Simple (noun)

    A drawloom.

  • Simple (noun)

    Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

  • Simple (noun)

    A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

  • Simple (verb)

    To gather simples, i.e., medicinal herbs.

  • Easy (adjective)

    Comfortable; at ease.

    “Now that I know it’s taken care of, I can rest easy at night.”

  • Easy (adjective)

    Requiring little skill or effort.

    “It’s often easy to wake up but hard to get up.”

    “The teacher gave an easy test to her students.”

  • Easy (adjective)

    Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.

    “Rich people live in easy circumstances.”

    “an easy chair”

  • Easy (adjective)

    Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.

    “easy manners; an easy style”

  • Easy (adjective)

    Consenting readily to sex.

    “He has a reputation for being easy; they say he slept with half the senior class.”

  • Easy (adjective)

    Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.

  • Easy (adjective)

    Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.

    “The market is easy.”

  • Easy (adverb)

    In a relaxed or casual manner.

    “After his illness, John decided to take it easy.”

  • Easy (adverb)

    In a manner without strictness or harshness.

    “Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm.”

  • Easy (adverb)

    Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.

    “This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy.”

  • Easy (adverb)

    Not difficult, not hard. en

  • Easy (noun)

    Something that is easy

  • Easy (verb)

    synonym of easy-oar

Wiktionary
  • Simple (adjective)

    easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty

    “a simple solution”

    “camcorders are now so simple to operate”

  • Simple (adjective)

    used to emphasize the fundamental and straightforward nature of something

    “the simple truth”

  • Simple (adjective)

    plain, basic, or uncomplicated in form, nature, or design; without much decoration or ornamentation

    “the house is furnished in a simple country style”

    “a simple white blouse”

  • Simple (adjective)

    humble and unpretentious

    “a quiet unassuming man with simple tastes”

  • Simple (adjective)

    composed of a single element; not compound.

  • Simple (adjective)

    denoting a group that has no proper normal subgroup.

  • Simple (adjective)

    (of a leaf or stem) not divided or branched.

  • Simple (adjective)

    (of a lens, microscope, etc.) consisting of a single lens or component.

  • Simple (adjective)

    (in English grammar) denoting a tense formed without an auxiliary, for example sang as opposed to was singing.

  • Simple (adjective)

    (of interest) payable on the sum loaned only.

  • Simple (adjective)

    of very low intelligence.

  • Simple (noun)

    a medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one

    “the gatherers of simples”

  • Simple (interjection)

    used to convey that something is very straightforward

    “I don’t overanalyse. I listen, I like, I buy. Simple!”

  • Easy (adjective)

    achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties

    “an easy way of retrieving information”

  • Easy (adjective)

    (of a period of time or way of life) free from worries or problems

    “promises of an easy life in the New World”

  • Easy (adjective)

    (of a person) lacking anxiety or awkwardness; relaxed

    “he never felt easy with her”

    “her easy and agreeable manner”

  • Easy (adjective)

    (of an object of attack or criticism) having no defence; vulnerable

    “as a taxi driver he was an easy target”

  • Easy (adjective)

    (of a woman) very receptive to sexual advances

    “her reputation at school for being easy”

  • Easy (adverb)

    without difficulty or effort

    “we all scared real easy in those days”

  • Easy (interjection)

    be careful

    “easy, girl—you’ll knock me over!”

Oxford Dictionary

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