Difference between Still and Even

What is the difference between Still and Even?

Still as an adjective is not moving; calm while Even as an adjective is flat and level.

Still

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not moving; calm Still having the stated quality

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to calm down, to quiet

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A period of calm or silence. A non-moving photograph. (The term is generally used only when it is necessary to distinguish from movies.) A resident of the Falkland Islands. a device for distilling liquids. a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee. the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee separate from main kitchen.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Up to a time, as in the preceding time. to an even greater degree. nevertheless

Example sentence: One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

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: Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

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

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