Hard and Rational

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Hard adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.

Usage example: do you have any hard evidence that this was once the site of a Native American village?

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Rational and hard are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rational" instead an adjective "Hard".

Nearby Words: harden, hardship, hardy, hardly, hardness

Rational adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.

Usage example: betting all of your savings on the lottery is not a rational move

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Hard and rational are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Rational".

The Gloves Come Off: Twilight tries very hard to settle things peacefully between the two feuding families, by talking it out and staying rational, rather than using her powers or princess authority.

Source: Recap / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S5 E23 "The Hooffields and McColts"
It would be hard to make a sharper contrast to the ever-rational Sherlock Holmes if one deliberately tried.

Source: He Also Did
Iris is Columbina, in the hard-working, go-getter, rational voice of reason sense, sort of combining traits with Pulchinella.

Source: Commedia dell'Arte

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