Flank vs Flak - What's the difference?
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(nautical) Maximum (of speed). Historically faster than full'' speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack (''All ahead flank! ).
(anatomy) The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.
(cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
(military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
The side of something, in general senses.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
The outermost strip of a road.
(soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
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That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
To attack the flank(s) of something.
To defend the flank(s) of something.
To place to the side(s) of something.
* Pitt
To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side.)
Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
* 1964 , David John Cawdell Irving, The Destruction of Dresden ,
* 2007 , Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., Retreat to the Reich: The German Defeat in France, 1944 , footnote,
Anti-aircraft shell fire.
* 1943 November 29, Target: Germany'', in '' ,
* 1999 , Brian O'Neill, Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer ,
(figuratively, informal) Adverse criticism.
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* 1990 , Joel H. Spring, The American School, 1642-1990 ,
(informal) A public-relations spokesperson.
* 2006 , , A Propaganda Model'', in 2006 [2001], Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Douglas Kellner (editors), ''Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks , revised edition,
As nouns the difference between flank and flak
is that flank is flank while flak is ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.flank
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Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- Cautiously I approached the flank of the cliffs, where they terminated in an abrupt escarpment as though some all powerful hand had broken off a great section of rock and set it upon the surface of the earth.
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Synonyms
* (all senses) side * (side of formation) wingDerived terms
* (flesh between the last rib and the hip) flank steakCoordinate terms
* (cut of meat from the flank of an animal) fajitaVerb
(en verb)- Stately colonnades are flanked with trees.
flak
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(wikipedia flak)Alternative forms
* flack (adverse criticism and spokesperson senses)Noun
page 74,
- to consider whether the city was in February 1945 an undefended city within the meaning of the 1907 Hague Convention, it will be necessary to examine the establishment and subsequent total dispersal of the city's flak batteries, before the date of the triple blow.
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- He was promoted to general of flak' artillery on March 1, 1945, and ended the war as the general of the ' flak arm at OKL, the High Command of the Luftwaffe.
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- ''At 1057 we were just over the islands and at 1100 the tail gunner reported flak at six o'clock, below.
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- I could hear the fragments from the flak shells hitting the plane like someone throwing rocks at it.
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- This filter Herman and Chomsky call “flak',” which refers to letters, speeches, phone calls, and other forms of group and individual complaints. Advertisers and broadcasters avoid programming content that might cause large volumes of ' flak .
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- AIM head, Reed Irvine's diatribes are frequently published, and right-wing network flaks who regularly assail the “liberal media,” such as Michael Ledeen, are given Op-ed column space, sympathetic reviews, and a regular place on talk shows as experts.