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Demo vs Current - What's the difference?

demo | current |

As nouns the difference between demo and current

is that demo is while current is the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction.

As an adjective current is

existing or occurring at the moment.

demo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A demonstration or visual explanation.
  • A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.
    • After hearing the demo the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band.
  • an example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount
  • a march or gathering to make a political protest
  • (computing) An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.
  • (computing, demoscene) a non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine (see demoscene)
  • * 2007 , Game Face (issues 21-25)
    • Though the idea of procedural textures has been around for years, they have primarily been exploited by the demo scene, made famous by impressive demos like kkrieger, and haven't hit it big in the game industry yet
  • * 2008 , Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1
    • A very successful PC demo from 1993, Second Reality from Future Crew
  • Democrat.
  • .
  • Demolition.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.
    • The band demoed thirty songs. Their manager thought that ten of the songs would make a good record.
  • To demonstrate.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    current

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction.
  • (electricity) The time rate of flow of electric charge.
  • :* Symbol': '''''I (inclined upper case letter "I")
  • :* Units:
  • :: SI: ampere (A)
  • :: CGS: esu/second (esu/s)
  • A tendency or a course of events.

    • Synonyms

    * (part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction ): flow, stream * (time rate of flow of electric charge ): electric current * (tendency or course of events ): flow, stream, tendency

    Derived terms

    * undercurrent

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Existing or occurring at the moment.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Timothy Garton Ash)
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli , passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
  • Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= T time , passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them
  • (obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.
  • * Gower
    • Like the current fire, that renneth / Upon a cord.
  • * Tennyson
    • To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.

    Synonyms

    * (existing or occurring at the moment ): present * (generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment ): fashionable, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date

    Antonyms

    * (existing or occurring at the moment ): future, past * (generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment ): out-of-date, unfashionable

    Related terms

    * current account * current events * currently ----