Drone vs Fabian - What's the difference?
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A male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilise the queen.
* Dryden
Someone who doesn't work; a lazy person, an idler.
* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 117:
* Burton
A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
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, title= To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
To speak in a monotone way.
A low-pitched hum or buzz.
* 1908 ,
(rft-sense) One who performs menial or tedious work; a drudge.
One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
A genre of music similar to that of noise.
A humming or deep murmuring sound.
* Longfellow
Pertaining to or reminiscent of Roman general (Fabius Maximus), whose tactics against Hannibal during the Second Punic War famously consisted of delaying or avoiding combat, focusing instead on weakening the enemy by cutting off supply lines.
* 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, p. 745:
Advocating that social reforms be reached through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution; specifically, relating to the Fabian Society, a British socialist society advocating reformist socialism.
(by extension) cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.
As nouns the difference between drone and fabian
is that drone is a male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilise the queen while Fabian is a Fabian socialist, a gradualist socialist; a member of the Fabian Society.As a verb drone
is to produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.As an adjective Fabian is
pertaining to or reminiscent of Roman general Fabius Maximus, whose tactics against Hannibal during the Second Punic War famously consisted of delaying or avoiding combat, focusing instead on weakening the enemy by cutting off supply lines.As a proper noun Fabian is
a given name derived from Latin borne by an early pope. Rare in English.drone
English
(wikipedia drone)Etymology 1
From (etyl) drone, from (etyl) . In sense "unmanned aircraft", due to early military UAVs dumbly flying on preset paths.Flying Robots 101: Everything You Need To Know About Drones, Kelsey D. Atherton, March 7, 2013
Noun
(en noun)- All with united force combine to drive / The lazy drones from the laborious hive.
- he that gathereth not every day as much as I doe, the next day shall be set beyond the river, and be banished from the Fort as a drone , till he amend his conditions or starve.
- By living as a drone , to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society.
citation
Ed Pilkington
‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told, passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones . Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}
- Strikes from drones take many innocent lives.
Usage notes
In sense "unmanned aircraft", primarily used informally of military aircraft or consumer radio controlled quadcopters, without precise definition.Hyponyms
*Predator drone *Reaper droneSee also
* UAVEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
(dron)Noun
(en noun)- He chanted as he flew and the car responded with sonorous drone .
- The monotonous drone of the wheel.
References
Anagrams
* ----fabian
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Hood complained behind his commander's back to Richmond of Johnston's Fabian strategy.