Duct vs Duet - What's the difference?
duct | duet |
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.
(obsolete) Guidance; direction.
(music) A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
A pair or couple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.
* 2005 , James Henderson, Caribbean and the Bahamas
To perform a duet.
(intransitive, zoology, of male and female pairs) To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song.
As nouns the difference between duct and duet
is that duct is a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another while duet is duet.As a verb duct
is to channel something through a duct (or series of ducts).duct
English
(Wikipedia)Noun
(en noun)- heating and air-conditioning ducts
- otherwise to express His care and love to mankind, viz., in giving and consigning to them His written word for a rule and constant director of life, not leaving them to the duct of their own inclinations. — Henry Hammond.
Derived terms
* ductal * ducted * ducting * ductor * duct tape * Mullerian ducts * Wolffian ductsduet
English
Noun
(en noun)- The fare is Caribbean with an Asian touch — millefeuille of sun-dried tomato, Paris mushrooms and chargrilled local asparagus followed by a duet of chicken and shrimp...