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Artificial vs Barrage - What's the difference?

artificial | barrage |

As a adjective artificial

is man-made; of artifice.

As a noun barrage is

an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.

As a verb barrage is

to direct a barrage at; to bombard.

artificial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Man-made; of artifice.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=A better waterworks, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
  • , page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.}}
  • False, misleading.
  • Unnatural.
  • Derived terms

    * artificial consciousness * artificial intelligence * artificiality * artificially * artificialness * artificial selection * artificial turf

    See also

    * fake ----

    barrage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow
  • a heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them ()
  • a concentrated discharge of projectile weapons
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  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,
  • (by extension) an overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism
  • (fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
  • Verb

    (barrag)
  • to direct a barrage at; to bombard