moderate vs storming

moderate

noun
  • One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics. 

  • One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843. 

adj
  • Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative. 

  • Average priced; standard-deal 

  • more than mild, less than severe 

  • Mediocre 

  • Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle. 

  • Not excessive; acting in moderation 

verb
  • To become less excessive 

  • To reduce the excessiveness of (something) 

  • To preside over (something) as a moderator 

  • To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise 

  • To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission). 

storming

noun
  • The act by which something is stormed. 

  • The act of one who storms or rages. 

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