Cushion vs Ramp - What's the difference?
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A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc.
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# A pad on which gilders cut gold leaf.
# A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston.
# (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.
(figuratively) a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.
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But Fulham soon had the cushion of a third goal after more outstanding build-up play.}} (obsolete) A riotous dance, formerly common at weddings.
To furnish with cushions.
To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
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To absorb or deaden the impact of.
To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
(aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport
(aviation) A place where an aircraft parks, next to a terminal, for loading and unloading (see also apron)
(skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
A speed bump
To behave violently; to rage.
To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
* Spenser
To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
* Ray
To stand in a rampant position. (rfex)
To change value, often at a steady rate
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An American plant, , related to the onion; a wild leek.
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(Appalachia) A promiscuous man or woman; a general insult for a worthless person.
As nouns the difference between cushion and ramp
is that cushion is a soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc while ramp is an inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.As verbs the difference between cushion and ramp
is that cushion is to furnish with cushions while ramp is to behave violently; to rage.cushion
English
(wikipedia cushion)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
Fulham 4-1 Wisla Krakow, passage=Wisla made a bright start to the second half and Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer was twice called into action, first saving Gervasio Nunez's deflected 20-yard effort and then smothering Gargula's free-kick.
But Fulham soon had the cushion of a third goal after more outstanding build-up play.}}
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See also
* pillow * squabVerb
(en verb)- to cushion a sofa
- Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity.
- to cushion a blow
ramp
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) rampe, back-formation of (etyl) ramper, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* boat rampVerb
(en verb)- Their bridles they would champ, / And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp .
- With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height.
- If Q(t)'' < ''qp'' then primary generation ramps up at maximal rate, subject to the constraint that ''Q(t) does not exceed this threshold.
- The forces are ramped down gradually to ensure that element removal has a smooth effect on the model.
