Camel vs Buoy - What's the difference?
camel | buoy |
A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus .
A light brownish color, tan.
Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of a another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.
(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
A life-buoy.
To keep afloat or aloft; used with up .
To support or maintain at a high level.
* Burke
To mark with a buoy.
* Darwin
To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban'' (in ''The Guardian , 6 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/06/england-moldova-world-cup-qualifier-matchreport]
As nouns the difference between camel and buoy
is that camel is camel while buoy is (nautical) a float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.As a verb buoy is
to keep afloat or aloft; used with up .camel
English
(wikipedia camel)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (mammal) oont (India)Coordinate terms
*See also
* alpaca * arabian * bray * dromedary * guanaco * hump * llama *Anagrams
* ----buoy
English
Noun
(wikipedia buoy) (en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title.
- to buoy''' an anchor; to '''buoy''' or '''buoy off a channel
- Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed.
- It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.
- Buoyed by the huge success, they announced two other projects.
