Lamp vs Bulb - What's the difference?
lamp | bulb |
A device that generates heat, light or other radiation.
A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
(slang) to hit, clout, belt, wallop
to hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping
(slang) to hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular
Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
A light bulb.
The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
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(nautical) a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
As nouns the difference between lamp and bulb
is that lamp is a device that generates heat, light or other radiation while bulb is any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.As verbs the difference between lamp and bulb
is that lamp is to hit, clout, belt, wallop while bulb is to take the shape of a bulb; to swell.As an acronym LAMP
is linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP — a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server.lamp
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(wikipedia lamp)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* Davy lamp * table lampVerb
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* 1000 English basic words ----bulb
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Noun
(en noun)- the bulb of the aorta
- the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs .