Draft vs Sample - What's the difference?
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An early version of a written work
A preliminary sketch, rough outline
(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]
conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
(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.
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
(not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled
A part of anything taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
(statistics) A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
(cooking) a small piece of food for tasting, typically given away for free
(business) a small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free
(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording, used to emphasize a particular point by implying a certain context.
(obsolete) Example; pattern.
* Shakespeare
* Fairfax
To make or show something similar to; to match.
To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wool, cloth.
(signal processing) To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new song.
In transitive terms the difference between draft and sample
is that draft is to conscript a person, force a person to serve in the military while sample is to reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new song.As an adjective draft
is referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.draft
English
(see draught)Noun
(en noun)- I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
- His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.
- She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
- He left the country to avoid the draft .
Synonyms
* (mouthful of liquid) See alsoVerb
(en verb)Adjective
(-)- I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.
External links
* * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==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 ----sample
English
Noun
(en noun)- "I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss." -Woodward.
- "...it is possible it [the Anglo-Saxon race] might stand second to the Scandinavian countries [in average height] if a fair sample of their population were obtained." Francis Galton et al. (1883). Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee, Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science,
p. 269
.
- a sample to the youngest
- Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight / His sample followed.