Rung and Scale

Rung

Rung noun - The placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement.
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Synonyms for Rung

Scale and rung are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scale" instead a noun "Rung".

Scale

Scale noun - A scheme of rank or order.
Usage example: a student who scored very highly on a standard intelligence scale
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Synonyms for Scale

Rung and scale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rung" instead a noun "Scale".

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

Both words in one sentence

  • Being lower than the top rung on the satire scale, DIAB was itself spoofed, in "Box in a Box" (featured on Countdown), which left Mr Timberlake lost for an opinion.
  • Evolutionary Levels In an aversion of fiction's usual human chauvinism, the Human Alien form was explicitly at the most "primitive" level in the scale, with Insectoid Aliens above them, and the top rung being, predictably, Energy Beings.
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