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Binding vs Girdle - What's the difference?

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Binding is a related term of girdle.


As nouns the difference between binding and girdle

is that binding is an item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together while girdle is that which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.

As verbs the difference between binding and girdle

is that binding is while girdle is to gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.

As an adjective binding

is assigning something that one will be held to.

binding

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Assigning something that one will be held to.
  • This contract is a legally binding agreement.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
  • The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
  • (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment
  • (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
  • Derived terms

    * adapter binding * data binding * dynamic binding * early binding * key binding * late binding * static binding

    Verb

    (head)
  • ----

    girdle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
  • * Shakespeare
  • within the girdle of these walls
  • A belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
  • * Bible, Revelations xv. 6
  • their breasts girded with golden girdles
  • The zodiac; also, the equator.
  • * Campbell
  • that gems the starry girdle of the year
  • * Cowper
  • from the world's girdle to the frozen pole
    (Francis Bacon)
  • The line of greatest circumference of a diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
  • (Knight)
  • (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
  • (Raymond)
  • The clitellum of an earthworm.
  • (Scottish, Northern English)
  • Verb

    (girdl)
  • To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
  • To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
  • Anagrams

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