except vs object

except

verb
  • To take exception, to object (to or against). 

  • To exclude; to specify as being an exception. 

conj
  • With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated. 

prep
  • with the exception of; but. 

object

verb
  • To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection. 

noun
  • A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed. 

  • An instantiation of a class or structure. 

  • An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms). 

  • Objective; goal, end or purpose of something. 

  • A thing that has physical existence but is not alive. 

  • The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action. 

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