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Atrium vs Cardio - What's the difference?

atrium | cardio |

As nouns the difference between atrium and cardio

is that atrium is a central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings while cardio is cardiovascular exercise.

As an adjective cardio is

cardiovascular; pertaining to the health of the circulatory and respiratory systems.

atrium

English

(wikipedia atrium)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
  • (architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
  • (anatomy) Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
  • * {{quote-book, 1965, Janet Kircher Warter, Palynology of a Lignite of Lower Eocene (Wilcox) Age from Kemper County citation
  • , passage=Nexine 0.5? thick, separating from the sexine about 5? from the pore and forming a deep, well-defined atrium .}}

    Synonyms

    * (room in Roman homes) cavaedium

    Derived terms

    * atrial * atriate English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    cardio

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • cardiovascular; pertaining to the health of the circulatory and respiratory systems.
  • Noun

    (-)
  • (exercise) cardiovascular exercise
  • I did some cardio today instead of lifting weights.
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