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Fascia vs Sinew - What's the difference?

fascia | sinew |

As nouns the difference between fascia and sinew

is that fascia is a wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing while sinew is a cord or tendon of the body.

As a verb sinew is

to knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.

fascia

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
  • A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
  • A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
  • A broad well-defined band of color.
  • A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
  • A sash worn by certain members of the Catholic and Anglican churches.
  • The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.
  • (UK) A dashboard.
  • Derived terms

    * fascial

    Usage notes

    * The plural fascias is used for the first five definitions while fasciae is used for the sixth.

    Anagrams

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    sinew

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
  • (obsolete) A nerve.
  • (figuratively) Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power.
  • A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.
  • (figuratively) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor; mainstay; source of strength (often plural).
  • * Shakespeare
  • The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
  • The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war.

    Derived terms

    * sinewy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • * Goldsmith
  • Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger.

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