Dram vs Thriller - What's the difference?
dram | thriller |
A unit of weight avoirdupois,
# (UK & US) 1/16 ounce avoirdupois.
# (UK & US) 1.77 gram
A minute quantity; a mite.
* Milton
A small quantity of a drink, especially an alcoholic drink.
A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
A Persian daric.
(dated) To drink drams.
(dated) To ply with drams of drink.
Something that thrills.
*{{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=December 29
, author=Paul Doyle
, title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle
, work=The Guardian
(chiefly) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.
As nouns the difference between dram and thriller
is that dram is dream while thriller is thriller (a suspenseful film or book).dram
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) dragme, from .Alternative forms
* drachm,Noun
(en noun)- Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as much the forcible hindrance of evildoing.
- a dram of brandy
- a dram of poison
Synonyms
* nip * slug * snifter * totDerived terms
* angel's dramVerb
(dramm)- (Johnson)
- (Thackeray)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Anagrams
* ----thriller
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=While Arsenal had enjoyed a Boxing Day break thanks to the cancellation of their game against West Ham, Newcastle had come out of the wrong end of a thriller at Old Trafford and Pardew said that strain accounted for his side conceding four goals at the Emirates after Demba Ba had drawn Newcastle level for the third time in the 69th minute.}}
