Ape vs Computer - What's the difference?
ape | computer |
A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
Any such primate other than a human.
(derogatory) An uncivilised person.
To behave like an ape.
To imitate; mimic.
* 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 454,
Wild; crazy.
(now, rare, chiefly, historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
* 1927 , J. B. S. Haldane, Possible Worlds and Other Essays , page 173
* 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA, page 116:
by restriction, a male computer, where the female computer is called a computress
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
As nouns the difference between ape and computer
is that ape is apartment while computer is calculator, computer.ape
English
(wikipedia ape)Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ape-baboon * ape-bearer * apedom * apehood * apelike * apeling * apely * apeman * apeshit * go ape * naked apeVerb
(ap)- It is not conceived as a mere “aping ” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.
Derived terms
*Adjective
(-)- We were ape over the new look.
- He went ape when he heard the bad news.
See also
* monkey * troop (collective noun) *Anagrams
* * * * ----computer
Noun
(en noun)- Only a few years ago Mr. Powers, an American computer , disproved a hypothesis about prime numbers which had held the field for more than 250 years.
- One Harvard computer , Annie Jump Cannon, used her repetitive acquaintance with the stars to devise a system of stellar classifications so practical that it is still in use today.