Barnacle vs Glasses - What's the difference?
barnacle | glasses |
A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
The barnacle goose.
(engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
(computing, slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
(obsolete) An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
(archaic, British) A nickname for spectacles.
(slang, obsolete) A good job, or snack easily obtained.
To connect with or attach.
* 2009 , , Hidden Buddhas: A Novel of Karma and Chaos , Stone Bridge Press (2009), ISBN 9781933330853,
To press close against something.
* 2002 , , All Families Are Psychotic , Vintage Canada (2002), ISBN 0679311831,
(pluralonly) spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes
As nouns the difference between barnacle and glasses
is that barnacle is a marine crustacean of the subclass cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships while glasses is .As a verb barnacle
is to connect with or attach.barnacle
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(barnacl)page 178:
- Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge.
page 16:
- He turned a corner to where he supposed the cupboard might be, to find Howie and Alanna barnacled together in an embrace.
