Chess vs Draft - What's the difference?
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A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
A type of grass, generally considered a weed.
* 2007 , Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road , Sceptre 2008, p. 59:
(military, chiefly, in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
* Farrow
An early version of a written work
A preliminary sketch, rough outline
(nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship [also spelled draught].
A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle [also spelled draught].
Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
A cheque, an order for money to be paid
An amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow [also spelled draught]
conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
(sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams
(rail transport) the pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
to write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
to write a law
to conscript a person, force a person to serve in the military
* He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
to select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
* The calves were drafted from the cows.
(politics) to force or convince a person to take an elected position they are not interested in
* They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.
(sports) to select a rookie player onto a professional sports team
* After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
To follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower, thereby conserving energy or increasing speed.
the act of drawing fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn
(not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled
As nouns the difference between chess and draft
is that chess is a board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king while draft is an early version of a written work.As a verb draft is
to write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.As an adjective draft is
referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.chess
English
(wikipedia chess)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)See also
(wikibooks chess) * * checkers * draughts * scacchicEtymology 2
Origin uncertain; perhaps linked to Etymology 1, above, from the sense of being arranged in rows or lines.Noun
(chesses)- Hobbled, loudly gourmandizing the dry chess grass, they were guarded by a pair of dismounted soldiers in long, dusty coats [...].
Etymology 3
Compare (etyl) .Noun
(es)- (Wilhelm)
- Each chess consists of three planks.
draft
English
(see draught)Noun
(en noun)- I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
- His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.
- She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
- He left the country to avoid the draft .
Synonyms
* (mouthful of liquid) See alsoVerb
(en verb)Adjective
(-)- I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.