What is the difference between eject and defenestrate?
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To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
* 2012 , August 1. Peter Walker and Haroon Siddique in Guardian Unlimited,
To throw out or remove forcefully.
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(US) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
To project oneself from an aircraft.
To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
To come out of a machine.
A button on a machine that causes something to be ejected from the machine.
(psychology) (by analogy with subject and object ) an inferred object of someone else's consciousness
English ergative verbs
English heteronyms
To eject or throw (someone or something) from a window; compare transfenestrate.
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To throw out.
* 1998 , Barry J. Fraser and Kenneth George Tobin, International Handbook of Science Education , Volume 2,
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* 2004 , Mary Carey and Kim Berquist, Writing from a Small Country: Anthology of the Creative Writing Club, Luxembourg? ,
(computing, transitive, humorous, slang) To remove a (Windows) operating system from a computer.
* 1998 December 17, Darren Salt <news@youmustbejoking.demon.com.uk>, "Re: Coding speccy games in the good 'ole days", message-ID <48B60EA729%news@youmustbejoking.demon.com.uk>, comp.sys.sinclair , Usenet [http://google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/msg/8b00481a8be589d2]:
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In transitive terms the difference between eject and defenestrate
is that eject is to cause (something) to come out of a machine while defenestrate is to throw out.As a noun eject
is a button on a machine that causes something to be ejected from the machine.eject
English
Usage notes
The physiological sense always uses pronunciation stressed on the first syllable (), either pronunciation is used for the other senses.Verb
(en verb)Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'
- Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
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Synonyms
* boot out, discharge, dismiss, drive out, evict, expel, kick out, toss, turf out, oust * (throw out forcefully) throw out * send off (UK ) * * (project oneself from an aircraft) bail out * (come out of a machine) come outDerived terms
* ejectable * ejectorNoun
eject (not used in the plural )- When the tape stops, press eject.
Usage notes
* Eject in this sense is used without an article, and is often capitalised ("press EJECT") as it is marked on many such buttons, or enclosed in quotation marks ("press 'eject'").Noun
(en noun)defenestrate
English
Verb
(defenestrat)TFK Q&A: Lane Smith and Jon Scieszka", in Time for Kids :
- I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies!
- The cultural historians of science 'feel the need to defenestrate science, or at least take it off its pedestal' (Pumfrey. Rossi & Slawinski 1991. p. 3).
- Ever since he helped to defenestrate Richard Nixon in 1974, Mr Woodward has been a sort of super-reporter ...
- According to the guidebooks, they do it so strenuously that women would very much like to defenestrate the custom.
- Defenestrate it immediately. Install Linux. :-)
Judge Rat calls for a Microsoft defenestration", on GCN: Government Computer News :
- ? Enable one-click uninstalls of unwanted OS and application features with a Defenestrate icon.
- Now of course people who want freedom shouldn't use Windows at all, you've got to defenestrate your computer, which mean either you throw Windows out of the computer, or you throw the computer out the window.
References
* “defenestrate” in PC Magazine Encyclopedia .