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1 Jul 2016
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What is the difference between modest and moderate ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between modest and moderate ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
for example,
I live in a modest house.
I live in a moderate house.
in the frist one ,I can see its writer want to say just that his house is not big.he doesn't say about how small it is.
in the second one,I can see its writer want to say not just that his house is not big but that his house isn't that small.he says about both how big and small it is.
is this the different between "modest" and "moderate",in this situation?
I live in a modest house.
I live in a moderate house.
in the frist one ,I can see its writer want to say just that his house is not big.he doesn't say about how small it is.
in the second one,I can see its writer want to say not just that his house is not big but that his house isn't that small.he says about both how big and small it is.
is this the different between "modest" and "moderate",in this situation?
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Yeah in your example, "moderate" means "average" and "modest" means very small. Actually, "moderate" might even be a modest way of saying that the house is really not small at all, and maybe actually be a bit big.
When describing people, "modest" means "humble." "Moderate" isn't really used to describe people, unless you're describing their political position. (in which case someone "moderate" is not too extreme in any direction.)
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@drapollo: thank you for a reply!in this situation,"modest" always means very small?
or it could be very small but its writer hasn't said about it?
or it could be very small but its writer hasn't said about it?
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