The opposite of obedience is noncompliance

You said: disobedience

obedience means "the act of obeying"
noncompliance means "the failure to obey"
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The opposite of conformity is disobedience

You said: noncompliance

conformity means "acting according to certain accepted standards"
disobedience means "the failure to obey"


heads you win, tails I lose..

This one comes from the "definitions" part.

"observably is in an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree".

Personally I consider observable and imperceptible as true antonyms.

Very strange reasoning!

kneecap is related to shoot

kneecap means "shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning"
shoot means "hit with a missile from a weapon"

How would you define the verb "to kneecap"? Since it is matching the verb "to shoot", it seems a reasonable fit to me. Admittedly, I first expect to see it defined as a noun, but in this game one learns to be flexible with those things.

These two are a bit problematic when together...



mutation is related to organism

You said: matter

mutation means "(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration"
organism means "a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently"




living substance is related to matter

You said: organism

living substance means "the living substance of a cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)"
matter means "that which has mass and occupies space"

tartness is related to taste perception
You said: taste sensation

salinity is related to taste sensation
You said: taste perception

Annoying, yes. Thank you for letting the rest of us know the answer. FT can't change the database the answers come from.

I play FT on my phone and it has been a few months since I have played the Mind Melt game. I played yesterday and it was wonderful! Did the phone format get updated? Something felt different. Well if the code or format got modified, I love the update. Thank you. Felt easier to play from what I remember.

Any chance the "Knock Out" game could also be updated? When I play that one I have to zoom in my screen but not too much otherwise I can't read the whole question but then that makes it harder to click on the answer I want and sometimes it zooms back out to the default. Just a thought.

Thanks again for the best site on the internet!

BTD

psychotic is related to sufferer
psychotic means "a person afflicted with psychosis"
sufferer means "a person suffering from an illness"

madman is related to sick person
madman means "an insane person"
sick person means "a person suffering from an illness"


I guessed right on these, but can someone explain the distinction?

And I guessed wrong on that one. There is no distinction. And if anyone says "that's the charm of that game", I'm going to puke.

My Mind Melt set today had an entry in the third section for "epidemic hysertia". I'm pretty sure it meant epidemic hysteria and I matched it correctly as such, but frankly, such a misspelling is *appalling*. The fact that this game is not under FunTrivia control should not be an excuse for such ghastly sloppiness.

As a matter of interest, who controls it?

The dictionary that is used in this game is somewhere online, the same one used for Word Wizard. Others who care more than me (I am content to just work with what it provides) have tracked it down. I have learned to relax and laugh sneeringly at it when it has that kind of error. I think it emanates from an American university that allows students to make changes to the data base.

The game is set up by FT but it relies on an external dictionary, as do Word Wizard and Crystal Ball. The site uses a free dictionary - to do otherwise would not be cost effective. As with anything free, there are drawbacks and definitions can sometimes be baffling. We know from Wikipedia that information on there isn't always 100% reliable and it's likely that the same applies to the dictionary. Maybe it can be amended by users who introduce errors. I don't know, because I've never bothered to work out, which dictionary the site uses. From previous posts I understand that you can find it in the T&C but for me life is too short to worry about the occasional blip.

Thanks rossian and looney_tunes.

The opposite of rest is be active
You said: work

The opposite of idle is work
You said: be active

Another "charming" match. These should never be in the same set.

euphoriant is related to consciousness-altering drug

consciousness-altering drug means "a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions"

hallucinogenic drug is related to psychoactive substance

psychoactive substance means "a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions"

harm is related to injure
You said: vanquish

harm means "cause or do harm to"
injure means "cause injuries or bodily harm to"


drub is related to vanquish
You said: injure

drub means "beat thoroughly in a competition or fight"
vanquish means "come out better in a competition, race, or conflict"

Drubbing and vanquishing can both be metaphorical, not just physical. The terms may well be used when a sporting team suffers a massive loss, for example. I would definitely match them the way the game did.

xxxvii is being severn more than thirty.

Wild guess - 'seven'?

cerebral vein is related to venous blood vessel



You said: vena

cerebral vein means "any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain"
venous blood vessel means "a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart"


pulmonary vein is related to vena



You said: venous blood vessel

pulmonary vein means "any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart"
vena means "a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart"

numdah and drugget

carpet and carpeting

Take your pick. I got the wrong one!

The games correct answers:

numdah means "an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt"
carpeting means "floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)"

drugget means "a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling"
carpet means "floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)"

Thank you. I don’t expect my score to be corrected, and I know that it’s not feasible for a wholesale review, but surely these can be cleaned up.

From today:

stay-at-home is related to adult

stay-at-home means "a person who seldom goes anywhere"
adult means "a fully developed person from maturity onward"

Wonky answer me thinks