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Battery vs Heal - What's the difference?

battery | heal |

As nouns the difference between battery and heal

is that battery is a coordinated group of electrochemical cells, each of which produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances () while heal is (obsolete) health.

As a verb heal is

to hide; conceal; keep secret or heal can be to make better from a disease, wound, etc; to revive or cure.

battery

English

(wikipedia battery)

Noun

(batteries)
  • A coordinated group of electrochemical cells, each of which produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances ().
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  • (legal) The crime or tort of intentionally striking another person.
  • A coordinated group of artillery.
  • An array of similar things.
    • Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
  • A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
  • (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
  • (chess) Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal
  • The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired.

    • Derived terms

    * assault and battery * battery-backed * battery hen * battery-operated * battery power * battery-powered (-)

    See also

    * accumulator * assault * replacement battery

    heal

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) helen, hilen, from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l) * (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

  • To hide; conceal; keep secret.
  • To cover, as for protection.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) helen, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

  • To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
    • This bandage will heal your cut.
  • * Bible, Matthew viii. 8
    • Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed .
  • To become better.
    • Bandages allow cuts to heal .
  • To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
    • to heal dissensions
    Synonyms
    * (make better) cure, make whole * (become better) get better, recover
    Derived terms
    * healable * healand, Healand * healer * health

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) health
    • (Chaucer)

    Anagrams

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