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Bamboo vs Gongs - What's the difference?

bamboo | gongs |

As nouns the difference between bamboo and gongs

is that bamboo is a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe: Bambuseae tribe while gongs is plural of gong.

As verbs the difference between bamboo and gongs

is that bamboo is to flog with a bamboo cane while gongs is third-person singular of gong.

As an adjective bamboo

is made of the wood of the bamboo.

bamboo

English

(wikipedia bamboo)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe.
  • The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
  • a didgeridoo
  • (slang) A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.
  • Derived terms

    * bamboo ceiling * bamboo clam * Bamboo Curtain, bamboo curtain * bamboo man

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of the wood of the bamboo.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To flog with a bamboo cane.
  • ----

    gongs

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (gong)