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charybdis

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for charybdis.

Editorial note

The AUD is a small rowboat that navigates between the Scyalla of Chinese iron ore demand and the Charybdis of Ben Bernanke's public nut-scratching.

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Quick take

A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of charybdis gathered in one view.

noun

A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.

noun

Any dangerous whirlpool.

noun

(Greek mythology) A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for charybdis.

noun

A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.

noun

Any dangerous whirlpool.

noun

(Greek mythology) A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.

Example sentences

1

The AUD is a small rowboat that navigates between the Scyalla of Chinese iron ore demand and the Charybdis of Ben Bernanke's public nut-scratching.

2

Would it be possible to have a future iteration that can survive the Scylla and Charybdis of washing machines?

3

Sure, it's a Scylla and Charybdis type choice between boosting albedo or having viable space travel, but it may come to that.

4

Throw ratbox and charybdis into the mix, too - very solid pieces of software!

5

Having to choose between two is more like between Scylla and Charybdis (known tradeoffs) than deciding to go left or right in a maze (mystery outcome).

6

It’s so that existing software isn’t forced to choose between the Scylla of not being able to claim conformance to the updated standard and the Charybdis of breaking backwards compatibility.

7

I did build a charybdis, and I daily it.

8

I understand PG's priorities, but the Scylla and Charybdis of bad-submitted-titles and bad-original-titles is wasting a lot of readers' time, and biasing followup discussions in a more ignorant and acrimonious direction.

9

I can only assume your coworker had quite an elaborate setup, as most ircds (e.g., ircu, charybdis, ircd-hybrid) take an hour, tops, to configure and get running.

10

We have a Scylla vs Charybdis situation, where lack of ID leads to an internet of bots, while on the other end we get a dystopia where everything anyone has ever said about any topic is available to a not-so-liberal government.

11

(Which is the beginning of a fascinating discussion about choosing between the Scylla of wasted eng time and the Charybdis of a rigid, non-adaptive auto-screening, but that's for another comment.) As far as the env itself goes, though, props++.

Quote examples

1

The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer; and the vessel of the State is driven between the Scylla and Charybdis of anarchy and despotism."[1] It describes a positive feedback loop (a corresponding negative feedback loop would be e.g.

2

I still own Apple hardware; but caught between the scylla of Apple's incompetence and the charybdis of Google's obliviousness (if not outright evilness), I have renounced the "cloud".

Proper noun examples

1

The whole history of the humankind is akin to that passage of Odysseus between Scylla and Charybdis.

2

I agree that Facebook is slightly the lesser of two evils at the moment, but we're basically debating between Scylla and Charybdis[0] here.

3

I wonder if a more polished product is any different than the Charybdis.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use charybdis in a sentence?

The AUD is a small rowboat that navigates between the Scyalla of Chinese iron ore demand and the Charybdis of Ben Bernanke's public nut-scratching.

What does charybdis mean?

A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.

What part of speech is charybdis?

charybdis is commonly used as noun.