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Broadband vs Discover - What's the difference?

broadband | discover |

As an adjective broadband

is (telecommunications) of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies.

As a noun broadband

is (telecommunications) a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies.

As a proper noun discover is

(us) , a brand of credit card.

broadband

English

(wikipedia broadband)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (telecommunications) Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies

    • Related terms

    * hyperband * ultrawideband * wideband * narrowband * baseband * band

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (telecommunications) A wide band of electromagnetic frequencies
  • (Internet) An internet connection with a much larger capacity than dial-up or ISDN.

    • See also

    * bandwidth * DSL * ADSL * cable modem

    discover

    English

    Alternative forms

    * discovre (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
  • To expose, uncover.
  • :
  • (chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
  • :
  • (archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
  • :
  • *Shakespeare
  • *:Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover / The several caskets to this noble prince.
  • *Francis Bacon
  • *:Prosperity doth best discover' vice; but adversity doth best ' discover virtue.
  • (obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
  • *, Bk.V, ch.ix:
  • *:they seyde the same, and were aggreed that Sir Clegis, Sir Claryon, and Sir Clement the noble, that they sholde dyscover the woodys, bothe the dalys and the downys.
  • To find or learn something for the first time.
  • :
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.}}
  • (obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.
  • *C. J. Smith
  • *:The youth discovered a taste for sculpture.
  • *1806 , Alexander Hunter, Culina Famulatrix Medicinæ , p.125:
  • *:The English Cooks keep all their Spices in separate boxes, but the French Cooks make a spicey mixture that does not discover a predominancy of any one of the spices over the others.

    • Synonyms

    * (expose something previously covered) expose, reveal, uncover * (find something for the first time) come across, find

    Antonyms

    * (expose something previously covered) conceal, cover, cover up, hide

    Derived terms

    * discovery * discovered attack * discovered check

    See also

    * invent * detect * find * stumble upon

    Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words