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domesticate vs tame
The difference
| Word | Meaning | Goes with | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| domesticateverb/dəˈmes.tɪ.keɪt/ | Meaning to train an animal to live with people, or to grow a plant for human use | Goes with domesticate animals | Example Humans first domesticated dogs more than fifteen thousand years ago. |
| tameadjective/teɪm/ | Meaning not wild, because trained to live with people; also not exciting or strong | Goes with tame animal | Example Compared with last year's protests, this one was fairly tame. |
Which word fits?
1 of 8Pick the word for the gap. Its form may change in the sentence.
After the horror film we saw last week, this one seemed by comparison.