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Circuit vs Cordon - What's the difference?

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Circuit is a related term of cordon.


As nouns the difference between circuit and cordon

is that circuit is the act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth around the sun while cordon is lace, string.

As a verb circuit

is (obsolete) to move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

circuit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth around the sun.
  • The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
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  • That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
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  • The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
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  • (electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
  • A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
  • (legal) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
  • (legal)
  • (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
  • By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
  • (obsolete) circumlocution
  • * Huloet
  • Thou hast used no circuit of words.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
  • (obsolete) To travel around.
  • Having circuited the air.
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    cordon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
  • A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it.
  • (cricket) The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman - the slips and gully.
  • (botany) A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a cordon around an area in order to prevent movement in or out.
  • Anagrams

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