As nouns the difference between axle and differential
is that
axle is (obsolete) shoulder or
axle can be the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel while
differential is the differential gear in an automobile etc.
As an adjective differential is
of, or relating to a difference.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
axle English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) axle, eaxle, from (etyl) ,
(etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) Shoulder.
Etymology 2
A combination of (etyl) eax and (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
An axis; as, the Sun’s axle.
Anagrams
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differential English
Adjective
( en adjective)
of, or relating to a difference
- differential characteristics
* Motley
- For whom he produced differential favours.
dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive
having differences in speed or direction of motion
(mathematics) of, or relating to differentiation, or the differential calculus
Noun
( en noun)
the differential gear in an automobile etc
a qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things
(mathematics) an infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation
One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
- (Knight)
Derived terms
* differential amplifier
* differential analyzer
* differential coefficient
* differential gear
* differential equation
* partial differential equation
Related terms
* differ
* different
* difference
* differentiate
* differentiation
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