Item vs. Idem

Item vs. Idem — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Item and Idem

Itemnoun

A distinct physical object.

Tweezers are great for manipulating small items.

Idemadjective

The same.

Itemnoun

An object that can be picked up for later use.

Itemnoun

A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.

the items in a billIn response to the first item, we deny all wrongdoing.

Itemnoun

(psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.

The exam has 100 items, each of which includes a correct response and three distractors.

Itemnoun

A matter for discussion in an agenda.

The first item for discussion is the budget for next year's picnic.
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Itemnoun

(informal) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.

Jack and Jill are an item.

Itemnoun

A short article in a newspaper.

an item concerning the weather

Itemnoun

(obsolete) A hint; an innuendo.

Itemverb

(transitive) To make a note of.

Itemadverb

likewise

Itemnoun

a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list;

he noticed an item in the New York Timesshe had several items on her shopping listthe main point on the agenda was taken up first
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Itemnoun

a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection;

they reduced the price on many items

Itemnoun

a small part that can be considered separately from the whole;

it was perfect in all details

Itemnoun

an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole;

several of the details are similara point of information

Itemnoun

an individual instance of a type of symbol;

the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'

Itemadverb

(used when listing or enumerating items) also;

a length of chain, item a hook