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Bolster vs Interframe - What's the difference?

bolster | interframe |

As nouns the difference between bolster and interframe

is that bolster is a large cushion or pillow while interframe is a video frame which is compressed to express only the change from a reference frame.

As a verb bolster

is to brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

As an adjective interframe is

between frames (of a video file, a network protocol, etc.).

bolster

English

Alternative forms

* * (Scotland)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large cushion or pillow.
  • * Shakespeare
    • And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster , / This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.
  • A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
  • * John Gay
    • This arm shall be a bolster for thy head.
  • A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons which give the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
  • A short, horizontal, structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam. Sometimes also called a pillow or cross-head (Australian English).
  • The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
  • The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
  • The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
  • (label) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
  • A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.

    • Synonyms

    * Dutch wife

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    interframe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (signal processing) A video frame which is compressed to express only the change from a reference frame
  • * {{quote-book, 2003, Dan Livingston & Carlos Justiniano, Advanced Macromedia Flash MX
    • citation , passage=Each keyframe becomes a reference for all the following interframes .}}
  • A type of bolster for a folding knife
  • * {{quote-news, 2004, January 1, , Cutting class: William Henry's top-shelf tacticals, American Handgunner citation
    • , passage=Interframes are recognized by having metal frames with inlays dropped into machined out areas of the handles.}}

    Related terms

    * (video frames)

    See also

    * (wikipedia "interframe")

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Between frames (of a video file, a network protocol, etc.).

    • Anagrams

    *