Laid vs Willing - What's the difference?
laid | willing |
(lay)
(of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.}}
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, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
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As verbs the difference between laid and willing
is that laid is (lay) while willing is .As adjectives the difference between laid and willing
is that laid is (of paper) marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould while willing is ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.As a noun willing is
(rare|or|obsolete) the execution of a will.laid
English
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* get laid * laid ropeAdjective
(-)Derived terms
* creamlaidStatistics
*Anagrams
* * ----willing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}