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Draft vs Graph - What's the difference?

draft | graph |

In transitive terms the difference between draft and graph

is that draft is to conscript a person, force a person to serve in the military while graph is to draw a graph.

As an adjective draft

is referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.

draft

English

(see draught)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An early version of a written work
    • I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
  • A preliminary sketch, rough outline
    • His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.
  • (nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship [also spelled draught].
  • A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle [also spelled draught].
  • Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
  • A cheque, an order for money to be paid
  • An amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow [also spelled draught]
    • She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
  • conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
    • He left the country to avoid the draft .
  • (sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams
  • (rail transport) the pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.

    • Synonyms

    * (mouthful of liquid) See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
  • to write a law
  • to conscript a person, force a person to serve in the military
  • * He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
  • to select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
  • * The calves were drafted from the cows.
  • (politics) to force or convince a person to take an elected position they are not interested in
  • * They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.
  • (sports) to select a rookie player onto a professional sports team
  • * After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
  • To follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower, thereby conserving energy or increasing speed.
  • the act of drawing fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled
    • I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.

    Related terms

    * draw

    External links

    * * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

    (nb-noun-n3)
  • nautical chart

    • Usage notes

    Although this word is in common use, it is noted as a misnomer [http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/ordboksoek/ordbok.cgi?OPP=draft&sourceid=Mozilla-search].

    Synonyms

    * * kystkart ----

    graph

    English

    (wikipedia graph)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A diagram displaying data; in particular one showing the relationship between two or more quantities, measurements or indicative numbers that may or may not have a specific mathematical formula relating them to each other.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs : These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
  • (mathematics) A diagram displaying data, in particular one showing the relationship between two or more variables; specifically, for a function f(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n), the set of all tuples (x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n, f(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n)).
  • (graph theory) An ordered pair (V,E), where V is a set of elements called vertices'' (or ''nodes'') and E is a set of pairs of elements of V, called ''edges ; informally, a set of vertices together with a set edges that join these vertices.
  • (lb) A character, in particular the abstracted fundamental shape of a character as distinct from its ductus (realization in a particular typeface or handwriting: compare glyph).

    • Synonyms

    * (in graph theory) undirected graph * See also

    Hyponyms

    * (in graph theory) tree

    Derived terms

    * acyclic graph * biased graph * biconnected graph * bipartite graph * complete graph * connected graph * directed graph * Eulerian graph * graph articulation * graph centre * graph eccentricity * graph eigenvalue * graph geodesic * graph minor * graph polynomial * graph spectrum * graph thickness * graphic matroid * graphoid * Hamiltonian graph * hypergraph * line graph * multigraph * object graph * Petersen graph * planar graph * pseudograph * random graph * regular graph * signed graph * small world graph * strongly regular graph * subgraph * superregular graph * undirected graph * unicursal graph * voltage graph * weighted graph

    Related terms

    * graphic * graphical * graphism

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To draw a graph.
  • (mathematics) To draw a graph of a function.

    • Synonyms

    * (draw a graph of) plot, chart

    See also

    * plot * diagram * axis

    Anagrams

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