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Calender vs Mangle - What's the difference?

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Calender is a related term of mangle.


As nouns the difference between calender and mangle

is that calender is or calender can be one of a wandering, mendicant sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an arab named yusuf while mangle is a hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.

As verbs the difference between calender and mangle

is that calender is to press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc, as in the homonymous machine while mangle is to change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.

calender

English

Etymology 1

* From (etyl) calandre, from . * This spelling (calendar) was introduced in the 17th century to differentiate the chronological senses from the machine (calender)

Noun

(wikipedia calender) (en noun)
  • A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.
  • One who pursues the business of calendering.
  • Synonyms
    * (one in the business or trade of calendering) calendrer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in the homonymous machine.
  • Derived terms
    * supercalender

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . (qalandar)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of a wandering, mendicant Sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an Arab named Yusuf.
  • References

    * [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=calender&searchmode=none] * *

    mangle

    English

    (wikipedia mangle)

    Verb

    (mangl)
  • To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
  • * Milton
  • mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • when they are disposed to mangle a play or novel
  • (archaic) To wring laundry.
  • (computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
  • The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
  • Derived terms

    * put through the mangle

    Anagrams

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