Difference between Level and Even

What is the difference between Level and Even?

Level as an adjective is the same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground. while Even as an adjective is flat and level.

Level

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground. At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with. (Frequency) Being unvaried. Being sensible.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground of possible. To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze. To progress to the next level. To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc). To levy.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference. A distance relative to a given reference elevation. Degree or amount. In an Internet post, an indication of the number of previous replies at which a portion of text was written. One of several discrete segments of a game generally increasing in difficulty. Often numbered. Often, each level occupies different physical space (levels don't require any direct physical relationship to each other, e.g. vertically stacked, horizontally chained, etc). A periodic progression of integer values that quantify a character's experience and power. A floor of a multi-storey building. an area of almost perfectly flat land.

Example sentence: Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.

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, fullyImplying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied realityEmphasising a comparative

Example sentence: Love myself I do. Not everything, but I love the good as well as the bad. I love my crazy lifestyle, and I love my hard discipline. I love my freedom of speech and the way my eyes get dark when I'm tired. I love that I have learned to trust people with my heart, even if it will get broken. I am proud of everything that I am and will become.

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

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