Difference between Even and Steady

What is the difference between Even and Steady?

Even as a verb is to make flat and level. while Steady as a verb is to stabilize something; to prevent from shaking.

Even

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make flat and level.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Evening.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Flat and level. Without great variation. Equal in proportion, quantity, size etc. Leaving no remainder when divided by 2.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: exactly, just, fully Implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality Emphasising a comparative

Example sentence: The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.

Steady

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: smooth and not bumpy or with obstructionsregular and evenslow

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stabilize something; to prevent from shaking.

Example sentence: Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.

We hope you now know whether to use Even or Steady in your sentence.

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