Activate vs Trig - What's the difference?
activate | trig |
To put into action, to put to work.
To turn on.
True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
Safe; secure.
Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
*(British Quarterly Review) (1845-1866)
*:To sit on a horse square and trig .
*1973 , (Newsweek) , April 16
*:The [torture] stories seemed incongruent with the men telling them – a trim, trig lot who, given a few pounds more flesh, might have stepped right out of a recruiting poster.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.
Active; clever.
(uncountable) trigonometry.
(countable, informal) A trigonometric point.
(UK) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
To fill; to stuff; to cram.
As verbs the difference between activate and trig
is that activate is to put into action, to put to work while trig is to stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.As an adjective trig is
true; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.As a noun trig is
a dandy; coxcomb.activate
English
Verb
(activat)Synonyms
* actuateAntonyms
* deactivateAnagrams
* English ergative verbstrig
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) trig, tryg, (etyl) . More at (l).Adjective
(trigger)Etymology 2
Abbreviation of (trigonometry).Noun
Etymology 3
See (trigger).Noun
(en noun)- (Wright)