Manner vs. Matter

Mannernoun

Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything

Mannernoun

Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing

Mannernoun

One's customary method of acting; habit.

Mannernoun

good, polite behaviour

Mannernoun

The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.

Mannernoun

A certain degree or measure.

Mannernoun

Sort; kind; style.

Mannernoun

Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.

Mannernoun

Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

Mannernoun

Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.

Mannernoun

Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address; as, mind your manners!.

Mannernoun

Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.

Mannernoun

The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.

Mannernoun

Sort; kind; style; - in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds; as, all manners of people came to the rally.

Mannernoun

how something is done or how it happens;

Mannernoun

a way of acting or behaving

Mannernoun

a kind;

Mannernoun

a way in which a thing is done or happens

Mannernoun

a style in literature or art

Mannernoun

a semantic category of adverbs and adverbials which answer the question ‘how?’

Mannernoun

a kind or sort

Mannernoun

a person's outward bearing or way of behaving towards others

Mannernoun

polite or well-bred social behaviour

Mannernoun

social behaviour or habits

Mannernoun

the way a motor vehicle handles or performs

Matternoun

Substance, material.

Matternoun

(physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.

Matternoun

(physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter).

Matternoun

A kind of substance.

Matternoun

Written material (especially in books or magazines).

Matternoun

(philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.

Matternoun

A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.

Matternoun

An approximate amount or extent.

Matternoun

(obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.

Matternoun

(obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.

Matternoun

(dated) Pus.

Matterverb

(intransitive) To be important.

Matterverb

To care about, to mind; to find important.

Matterverb

To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

Matternoun

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.

Matternoun

That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance.

Matternoun

That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme.

Matternoun

That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern; affair; business.

Matternoun

Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; - chiefly in the phrases what matter? no matter, and the like.

Matternoun

Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.

Matternoun

Amount; quantity; portion; space; - often indefinite.

Matternoun

Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.

Matternoun

That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; - opposed to form.

Matternoun

Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing.

Matterverb

To be of importance; to import; to signify.

Matterverb

To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

Matterverb

To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.

Matternoun

that which has mass and occupies space;

Matternoun

a vaguely specified concern;

Matternoun

some situation or event that is thought about;

Matternoun

a problem;

Matternoun

(used with negation) having consequence;

Matternoun

written works (especially in books or magazines);

Matterverb

have weight; have import, carry weight;

Matternoun

physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy

Matternoun

a particular substance

Matternoun

written or printed material

Matternoun

a subject or situation under consideration

Matternoun

something which is to be tried or proved in court; a case.

Matternoun

the present state of affairs

Matternoun

the reason for distress or a problem

Matternoun

the substance or content of a text as distinct from its style or form.

Matternoun

the body of a printed work, as distinct from titles, headings, etc.

Matternoun

the particular content of a proposition, as distinct from its form.

Matterverb

be important or significant

Matterverb

(of a person) be important or influential

Matterverb

(of a wound) secrete or discharge pus.

Matter

In classical physics and general chemistry, matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume. All everyday objects that can be touched are ultimately composed of atoms, which are made up of interacting subatomic particles, and in everyday as well as scientific usage, generally includes atoms and anything made up of them, and any particles (or combination of particles) that act as if they have both rest mass and volume.