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Circuit vs Theatre - What's the difference?

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Circuit is a related term of theatre.


As nouns the difference between circuit and theatre

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 theatre is (australia|canada|nz|uk).

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.

    Related terms

    * circuit board * circuit breaker * circuit court * circuitous * circuitry * Galvanic circuit * integrated circuit * printed circuit * short circuit * Voltaic circuit

    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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    theatre

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, Canada, NZ, UK)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=2 citation , passage=Mother
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 13, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Man City 3-2 QPR , passage=City's players and supporters travelled from one end of the emotional scale to the other in those vital seconds, providing a truly remarkable piece of football theatre and the most dramatic conclusion to a season in Premier League history.}}
  • (US)

    • Usage notes

    * The spelling being rare. * The spelling theater is the predominant American spelling; it accounts for about 80% of usage in COCA (the major corpus of American English). People who work in the theatre industry in America, however, usually use the spelling "theatre". The spelling is also used often in advertising.

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