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Countdown vs Mountdown - What's the difference?

countdown | mountdown |

As nouns the difference between countdown and mountdown

is that countdown is a countdown, count(ing) backward to the (starting) time of some event while mountdown is the act of mounting an electrical component onto a surface.

countdown

English

(wikipedia countdown)

Alternative forms

* count down * count-down

Noun

(en noun)
  • A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle
  • The acts of preparation carried out during this period
  • (slang) A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order ending with the No. 1.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) To count down

    • mountdown

    English

    Noun

  • The act of mounting an electrical component onto a surface.
  • * 1975 , International Solid-State Power Electronics Conference, Proceedings of POWERCON (volumes 1-2, page 46)
    • Figure 4 shows a typical detail of a single chip mountdown to a module base plate.