Ark vs Chest - What's the difference?
ark | chest |
A large box with a flat lid.
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) The ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge
A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
(Judaism) A consecrated container.
A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
:
*
*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
(lb) A coffin.
The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
:
A chest of drawers.
(senseid)(lb) The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.
:
#A hit or blow made with one's chest.
#:
To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=January 23
, author=Alistair Magowan
, title=Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom
, work=BBC
To deposit in a chest.
(obsolete) To place in a coffin.
* Bible, Genesis 1. 26
Chest is a synonym of ark.
As nouns the difference between ark and chest
is that ark is a large box with a flat lid while chest is a box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.As a proper noun Ark
is the boat built by the Biblical Noah to carry himself and the animals of the planet during the Flood; (see Noah's Ark.As a verb chest is
to hit with one's chest (front of one's body.ark
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* Ark of the CovenantExternal links
* *Synonyms
* barge * basket * chest * coffer * hutch * refuge * retreat * shelter * ship * vesselAnagrams
* ----chest
English
{{ picdic , image=Chest.jpg , width=310 , detail1= , detail2= }}Etymology 1
From (etyl) cheste, chiste, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (the thorax) breast * (box) trunkDerived terms
* bad chest * chest cavity * chest cold * chestless * chestlike * chest of drawers * chest pass * chestnut * chest wall * chesty * get off one’s chest * hope chest * keep one's cards close to one's chest * treasure chest * war chestVerb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Pedersen fed Kalinic in West Brom's defensive third and his chested lay-off was met on the burst by the Canadian who pelted by Tamas and smashed the ball into the top of Myhill's net. }}
- He dieth and is chested .