Car vs Paint - 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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, title=Internal Combustion
, 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.
* {{quote-book, 1850, , 3=
, 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 :
A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
* 2007 , Jesse Guthrie, Catherine's Addiction (page 116)
(basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with ''the''.
(uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
(poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
(computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
* 1993 , Emil Ihrig, CorelDRAW! 4 made easy
* 1998 , Kit Laybourne, The animation book: a complete guide to animated filmmaking
* 2001 , Maureen Sprankle, Problem Solving for Information Processing
To apply paint to.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To create (an image) with paints.
To practise the art of painting pictures.
(computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
* 1991 , Ernest R Tello, Object-oriented Programming for Windows
(figuratively) To depict or portray.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
(transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.
As nouns the difference between car and paint
is that car is friend while paint is a paint horse.As a verb car
is (lb).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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citation
- 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
* *Anagrams
* * * 1000 English basic words ----paint
English
(wikipedia paint)Noun
- René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.
- The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint .
- I am running low on paint for my marker.
- It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.
- Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.
- If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape.
Derived terms
* face paint * finger paint * like watching paint dry * Paint / Paint Horse * paintbrush * paint job * war paintReferences
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces
- not painted with the crimson spots of blood
- Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.
- to paint a portrait or a landscape
- I've been painting since I was a young child.
- Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted .
- Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
- If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
- Let her paint an inch thick.
