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Defenestration vs Eject - What's the difference?

defenestration | eject |

As nouns the difference between defenestration and eject

is that defenestration is the act of throwing something, or someone, out of a window while eject is a button on a machine that causes something to be ejected from the machine.

As a verb eject is

to compel (a person or persons) to leave.

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

    eject

    English

    Usage notes

    The physiological sense always uses pronunciation stressed on the first syllable (), either pronunciation is used for the other senses.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
  • * 2012 , August 1. Peter Walker and Haroon Siddique in Guardian Unlimited, Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'
    • Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
  • To throw out or remove forcefully.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=A better waterworks, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
    • , page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.}}
  • (US) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
  • To project oneself from an aircraft.
  • To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
  • To come out of a machine.

    • Synonyms

    * boot out, discharge, dismiss, drive out, evict, expel, kick out, toss, turf out, oust * (throw out forcefully) throw out * send off (UK ) * * (project oneself from an aircraft) bail out * (come out of a machine) come out

    Derived terms

    * ejectable * ejector

    Related terms

    * ejaculate * ejaculation * ejecta * ejectamenta * ejection * ejective * ejectment

    Noun

    eject (not used in the plural )
  • A button on a machine that causes something to be ejected from the machine.
    • When the tape stops, press eject.

    Usage notes

    * Eject in this sense is used without an article, and is often capitalised ("press EJECT") as it is marked on many such buttons, or enclosed in quotation marks ("press 'eject'").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (psychology) (by analogy with subject and object ) an inferred object of someone else's consciousness
    • English ergative verbs English heteronyms