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Defenestration vs Deforce - What's the difference?

defenestration | deforce |

As a noun defenestration

is the act of throwing something, or someone, out of a window.

As a verb deforce is

to withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken possession of it.

defenestration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of throwing something, or someone, out of a window.
  • * 1905 , Rossiter Johnson (Ed.), The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 , pages 62–75,
    • The "Defenestration " at Prague (A.D. 1618). ... The imperial Austrian Councillors are thrown out of the window of the castle of Hradschin by the enraged Bohemian Deputies
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  • * 2004 , Carleton, Paul D, Concepts: a prototheist quest for science-minded skeptics of Catholic, and other Christian, Jewish, & Muslim backgrounds . Page 359. [http://books.google.com/books?id=_27TPPS9W-4C&pg=PA359&dq=%22self-defenestration%22&lr=&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=%22self-defenestration%22&f=false]
    • "15. About to die anyway - On September 11, 2001 when NYC's Twin Towers were impacted...some occupants trapped above the inferno facing certain death instead jumped from windows to their certain death (self defenestration )."
  • (British) High profile removal of a person from an organization.
  • * 2005 , Sunday Times , September 4
    • Be that as it may, his defenestration was coldly abrupt, and in his place, the Football Association resurrected a veteran manager and former England star in Joe Mercer for seven games.
  • (neologism, humorous) The act of removing the (Microsoft Windows) operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one.
  • * 1998 , "Dorian Bliss", He's dead, Jim'' (on Internet newsgroup ''rec.humor.oracle.d )
    • Defenestration might be an option too. May I recommend Linux?
  • * 1999 , Graham Lea, "Stunned MS vows to fight on for freedom," , [http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/11/06/stunned_ms_vows_to_fight/]:
    • It's defenestration day in Redmond today.
  • * 2002 , Jon Kilburn, Palm Programming in Basic , Springer, ISBN 9781893115491, pg. 392 (unpaginated):
    • No defenestration here. Ask questions about all aspects of Windows programming, get help on Microsoft technologies covered in Apress books, or provide feedback on any Apress Windows book.
  • * 2004 February 12, Paul Murphy, " What Does Linux Cost?, on LinuxInsider :
    • What's needed is defenestration -- throwing out the Windows mindset along with Microsoft's licenses and software -- but
  • * 2005 , December 1, Braue D, Gray P, Colquhoun L, Douglas J-V. Leaders of the pack. MIS Australia , [http://www.misweb.com/magarticle.asp?doc_id=25322&rgid=2&listed_months=0]
    • "...defenestration is starting to be linked to the throwing out of Windows software."

    Related terms

    * autodefenestration * defenestrate

    deforce

    English

    Verb

    (deforc)
  • (legal) To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken possession of it.

    • Derived terms

    * deforcement