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Defenestration vs Runoff - What's the difference?

defenestration | runoff |

As nouns the difference between defenestration and runoff

is that defenestration is the act of throwing something, or someone, out of a window while runoff is that portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.

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

    runoff

    English

    (wikipedia runoff)

    Alternative forms

    * run-off

    Noun

  • That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
  • Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.
    • The runoff of nitrates is poisoning the lake.
  • A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated,
    • There will now be a runoff as neither front runner received more than 50% of the vote.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 23 , author=Angelique Chrisafis , title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage= It is one of the left's best ever results and will raise momentum for next month's final runoff where only the two candidates will compete against each other.}}

    Derived terms

    * surface runoff