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Marcel vs Carcel - What's the difference?

marcel | carcel |

As nouns the difference between marcel and carcel

is that marcel is a hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron while carcel is a former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas.

As a verb marcel

is to wave hair by the marcel method.

As an adjective marcel

is of, producing, or related to marcel waves.

As a proper noun Marcel

is a given name derived from French occasionally borrowed from French.

marcel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron.
  • A marcel wave.

    • Related terms

    * marcel wave

    Verb

    (marcell)
  • To wave hair by the marcel method.
  • (figuratively) To wave.

    • References

    * OED , 2nd edition

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, producing, or related to marcel waves.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    carcel

    English

    (wikipedia carcel)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas
  • *{{quote-book, year=1901, author=Charles King, title=Ray's Daughter, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=They would surely have heard of it, and now he was here, still virtually in hiding and possibly in disguise, and one unguarded word of hers might land him a prisoner, a war-time deserter, within the walls of the gloomy carcel in Old Manila. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1896, author=Various, title=Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=In all systems of lighting, save electricity, the unit of light is the carcel . }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1888, author=Various, title=Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=When experimenting in Paris with a No. 3 lamp in a vertical direction, it showed a consumption of 34.6 liters (1.2 cubic feet) per carcel obtained. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1885, author=Various, title=Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Desroziers in a series of experiments obtained as much as 250 carcel spherical luminous value per horse-power; this characteristic is one likely to be of great value in electric lighting by incandescence of high intensity. }}

    Related terms

    * Carcel lamp