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Flange vs Bracket - What's the difference?

flange | bracket |

As nouns the difference between flange and bracket

is that flange is an external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place while bracket is (senseid)a fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

As verbs the difference between flange and bracket

is that flange is to be bent into a flange while bracket is to bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets.

flange

English

(wikipedia flange)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
  • The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
  • (gaming) An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
  • * 1998:' Mr MI Pennington, ''Can the Players be Trusted?'' on rec.games.frp.live-action [The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just ' flange it back to the original plot line.
  • * 2007:' balor, ''Changing the metaphysics'' on Rule 7 [http://forums.rule7.co.uk/Topic28357-44-2.aspx] 'Oh look , the amulet of ' flange has been activated, this means all Paladins now only have one heal per day instead of two.'
  • A vulva.
  • * 2001:' tedfat, '''''Flange !!!! in alt.society.nottingham [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.society.nottingham/browse_thread/thread/7d1653d74a6ac61b/4fdf1b47e3e1bb70?lnk=st&q=%22her+flange%22&rnum=9&hl=en#4fdf1b47e3e1bb70]
    • I was in bed the other day with the missus and I asked to see her flange . Imagine my surprise when she got up went downstairs to my toolbox and brought me up a metal looking object called a flange!!!!! Needless to say when she asked to see my nuts the next time I obliged by doing exactly the same as her.
  • * 2003: Ray Gordon, Hot Sheets [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1562013920&id=c4hY8RgKlGgC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=flange+fuck&sig=8rlmxhjFq0jxtxQ_cW333gA5u5Q&hl=en]
    • 'God, she's got a tight flange !' the plumber gasped, splaying the girl's buttocks and focusing on her O-ring.
  • (rare, humorous) The collective noun for a group of baboons.
  • * 2006 , Rick Crosier - Getting Away with Murder
    • (I suspect they hired a flange of baboons to mind the house.)

    Synonyms

    * (collective noun for a group of baboons) congress

    Verb

    (flang)
  • To be bent into a flange.
  • To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    bracket

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
  • (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
  • (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
  • (military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
  • Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", and, in the area of computer languages, "<" and ">".
  • "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
  • (technical) "[" and "]" specifically - opposed to the other forms of which have their own technical names.
  • (sports) Printed diagram of games in a tournament.
  • (sports) Prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
  • One of several ranges of numbers.
    • tax bracket''''', ''age '''bracket
  • (military) In artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short). The next shell fired is likely to hit accurately.

    • Synonyms

    * parentheses, parens

    Derived terms

    * angle bracket * bracketology * bulge bracket * curly bracket * gas bracket * income bracket/income tax bracket/tax bracket * price bracket * round bracket * shelf bracket * square bracket

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    See also

    (punctuation)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets.
    • I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed.
  • To place in the same category.
    • Because the didn't have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year olds with the eight-year olds.
  • To mark distinctly for special treatment.
  • *
  • To set aside, discount, ignore.
  • * 2009 , Michael Erard, “ Holy Grammar, Inc.”, in Search Magazine , July–August 2009:
    • SIL got access to academic legitimacy; linguists bracketed the evangelical engine that drives SIL because they got access to data and tools.
  • (photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
  • (philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.