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Bulk vs Mask - What's the difference?

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In obsolete terms the difference between bulk and mask

is that bulk is the body while mask is a dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.

As nouns the difference between bulk and mask

is that bulk is size, mass or volume while mask is a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.

As verbs the difference between bulk and mask

is that bulk is to appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent while mask is to cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.

As an adjective bulk

is being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc..

bulk

English

(wikipedia bulk)

Noun

  • Size, mass or volume.
  • * 1729 .
  • The Quantity of Matter is the mea?ure of the ?ame, arising from its den?ity and bulk conjunctly.
  • *
  • The cliff-dwellers had chipped and chipped away at this boulder till it rested its tremendous bulk upon a mere pin-point of its surface.
  • The major part of something.
  • * , chapter=12
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 15, author=Felicity Cloake, work=Guardian
  • , title= How to cook the perfect nut roast , passage=I'm convinced that the nut's very nutritiousness is to blame for the dish's poor reputation. They're so dense that a loaf made primarily from nuts would be more suitable for slicing into energy bars and selling to mountaineering supply shops - hence the main bulk of a nut roast is generally some form of carbohydrate, intended to lighten the load. }}
  • The result of water retained by fibre.
  • (uncountable, transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.
  • (countable) a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.
  • (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.
  • (brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.
  • (obsolete) The body.
  • * Shakespeare
  • My liver leaped within my bulk .
    (George Turberville)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc.)
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.
  • * Leslie Stephen
  • The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment.
  • To grow in size; to swell or expand.
  • mask

    English

    (wikipedia mask)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . . * Derived from the -r- form: (etyl) maschera, (etyl) and (etyl) , (etyl) masker, (etyl) masquerade. * Derived from the form lacking -r- : German Maske and Swedish mask.

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
  • a dancer's mask'''; a fencer's '''mask'''; a ball player's '''mask
  • That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
  • A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • * (rfdate) :
  • This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask .
  • (obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
  • (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
  • (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
  • (fortification) A screen for a battery
  • (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
  • (Puebloan, anthropology) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American masks. (The term is objected as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasizes imitation but ignores power and representational intent.)
  • (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
  • (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
  • Hyponyms
    * (a cover for the face) (l), (l)
    Derived terms
    * dust mask * death mask * gas mask, gasmask * mask house(qualifier) * screen mask * unmask

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
  • * (rfdate) Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, IV,vi :
  • They must all be masked and vizarded
  • To disguise; to cover; to hide.
  • * (rfdate) Shakespeare, Macbeth, III-i :
  • Masking the business from the common eye
  • (military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
  • (military) To cover or keep in check.
  • to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out
  • To take part as a masker in a masquerade
  • (Cavendish)
  • To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way
  • (Shakespeare)
  • (computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
  • * 1993 , Richard E. Haskell, Introduction to computer engineering (page 287)
  • That is, the lower nibble (the 4 bits 1010 = A) has been masked to zero. This is because ANDing anything with a zero produces a zero, while ANDing any bit with a 1 leaves the bit unchanged
  • (computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting the associated bit.
  • * 1998 , Rick Grehan, ?Robert Moote, ?Ingo Cyliax, Real-time programming: a guide to 32-bit embedded development
  • When should you mask a specific interrupt, rather than disabling all interrupts?

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) maske, from (etyl) max, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mesh.
  • The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Mash.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mash.
  • (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
  • To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
  • Etymology 4

    From (etyl) masken, short for . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bewilder; confuse.
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