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Casting vs Extra - What's the difference?

casting | extra |

As nouns the difference between casting and extra

is that casting is casting while extra is (cricket) a run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball; in australia referred to as a sundry.

As an adjective extra is

beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

As an adverb extra is

(informal) to an extraordinary degree.

casting

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
  • A manufacturing process using a mold.
  • The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.
  • The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
  • (computing) The act of converting between data types.
  • Synonyms

    * (selection of performers) audition

    Derived terms

    * leafcasting * ray casting

    Anagrams

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    extra

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
  • extra''' work; '''extra pay
  • (dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
  • Derived terms

    * extraness

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (informal) To an extraordinary degree.
  • That day he ran to school extra fast.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball; in Australia referred to as a sundry.
  • An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle.
  • extra''', '''extra , read all about it!
  • A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
  • Derived terms

    * wuxtry

    Derived terms

    * extra credit English degree adverbs ----