Car vs Happy - What's the difference?
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(dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation; a motorcar or automobile.
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, chapter=1 (rail transport, chiefly, North America) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
(rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
(rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
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, passage=Everything being apparently in readiness now, I stepped into the car of the balloon,
(sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
* {{quote-book, 1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim, page=201
, passage=On boats 25 feet or more, it is best to mount a mast car and track on the front of the mast so you can adjust the height of the pole above the deck }}
(uncountable, US) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
(US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
Image:TOYOTA FCHV 01.jpg, A hydrogen-powered car .
Image:Train wagons 0834.jpg, Freight cars .
Image:RandenTrain.jpg, A self-propelled passenger car .
Image:Ferris wheel - melbourne show 2005.jpg, Ferris wheel cars .
Image:Traveller (sailing).jpg, Car on a sailboat.
Image:ZeppelinLZ127b.jpg, Car of a Zeppelin.
Image:240 Sparks Elevators.jpg, Elevator cars .
(computing) The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list
* Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, and J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach , 2000 :
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.
* 1769 , Oxford Standard text, , 144, xv,
* 1777 , (Alexander Pope), An Essay on Man in Four Epistles: Argument of Epistle II'', in ''The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq , Volume III,
Favored by luck or fortune; lucky.
* 1661 , (Robert Boyle), (The Sceptical Chymist) , 2006, Elibron Classics (imprint),
Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
* 1761 , (Jonathan Swift), A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation'': Introduction, in ''The works of Dr Jonathan Swift , Volume VII,
Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
(As a suffix to a noun) favouring or inclined to use, as in trigger-happy.
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As a noun car
is a wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.As a proper noun Car
is the most widespread of the Nicobarese languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India (ISO 839-3 code "caq").As an initialism CAR
is central African Republic.As an adjective happy is
experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.car
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m) (from .Noun
(en noun)- She drove her car to the mall.
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- The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
- The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit
- From the front-most car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.
- We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
- Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.
- The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.
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- Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
Synonyms
* (private vehicle that moves independently) auto, motorcar, vehicle; automobile (US), motor (British colloquial), carriage (obsolete) * (non-powered part of a train) railcar, wagon * (unit of quantity) carload, wagonload * (passenger-carrying light rail unit) carriage * (part of an airship) gondola, basket (balloons only) * See alsoDerived terms
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* bus * truck * vanEtymology 2
Acronym of c'''ontents]] of the '''a'''ddress part of [[register, '''r egister number . Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.Noun
(en noun)- The elements of a list are the successive cars''' along the "cdr chain." That is, the elements are the '''car''', the '''car''' of the cdr, the '''car of the cdr of the cdr, etc.
Antonyms
*Derived terms
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* * * 1000 English basic words ----happy
English
Adjective
(er)- Happy' is that people, that is in such a case: yea, ' happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
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- The learn'd is happy' nature to explore, / The fool is ' happy that he knows no more ;
- Music makes me feel happy .
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- I may presume that what I have hitherto discoursed will induce you to think, that chymists have been much more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them; or in assigning the principles by which they may best be explained.
page 246,
- For instance, one lady can give an an?wer better than a?k a que?tion : one gentleman is happy at a reply ; another excels in a rejoinder : one can revive a langui?hing conver?ation by a ?udden ?urpri?ing ?entence ;.
- Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?
- Are you happy with your internet service provider?
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