Difference between Steady and Becalm

What is the difference between Steady and Becalm?

Steady as a verb is to stabilize something; to prevent from shaking. while Becalm as a verb is to cut off the wind from a ship either by the proximity of land or by another vessel. a ship that is motionless due to the absence of wind is becalmed.

Steady

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions regular and even slow

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stabilize something; to prevent from shaking.

Example sentence: To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.

Becalm

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cut off the wind from a ship either by the proximity of land or by another vessel. A ship that is motionless due to the absence of wind is becalmed.

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

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