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Atrium vs Hof - What's the difference?

atrium | hof |

As nouns the difference between atrium and hof

is that atrium is atrium (a square hall lit from above) while hof is moderation.

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 ----

    hof

    English

    Etymology 1

    A loan from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house.
  • * 1993 May, William, Trevor, Jake's Castle'', in ''Harper's Magazine :
    • Ulrike lived in a farm hof , and all around me were the dark blank fields punctuated by a few disparate lights.
  • * 2009 , Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds (New York: Black Cat, 1st edition):
    • Like many old houses, this one had a front section, where I lived, and at the back an interior courtyard, the Hof , enclosed on all three sides by more apartments.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Neopaganism) Template, sanctuary, hall.
  • * 1996 for each ten churches burned to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged'' Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, ''Gods of the Blood , 2003, p. 307.
  • * 2005 Asatruarfelagid lacks a central religious temple, or ''hof'' in Icelandic. Constructing a hof has been high on the members' wish list for many years Michael Strmiska, Modern Paganism In World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, p. 170.
  • * 2006' ''A '''Hof dedicated to the worship of the Aesir and the Vanir idhavellihof.org

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . Compare howff ("tavern").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Korean-style bar or pub.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 4, Adam B. Ellick, In Queens: A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book, New York Times citation
    • , passage=To the south are Korean spas, Korean barbecue joints and hofs , or Korean pubs. }}

    Anagrams

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