Arent all dictionaries pretty much the same?
A. No, in fact they arent. They vary much more than most people realize in their discrimination of meanings, in their marking of non-standard words and meanings, in how often they are updated, and, most of all, in their style of defining. A half hours comparison can point up quite a few differences in each of these categories. Very likely youll find you favor one quite a bit over the others.
