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Floating vs Widget - What's the difference?

floating | widget |

As nouns the difference between floating and widget

is that floating is material that floats in a liquid while widget is a placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.

As an adjective floating

is that which floats or float.

As a verb floating

is present participle of lang=en.

floating

English

Adjective

(-)
  • That which floats or float.
  • floating buoys
  • Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
  • The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.
    In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities.
    You can drag the floating toolbars to any position on the screen.
  • (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
  • Derived terms

    * floating point, floating-point * floating voter

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
  • * 1898 , Journal of Microscopy (page 256)
  • Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings .

    widget

    English

    (widget)

    Etymology 1

    Coined by George S. Kaufman in his play Beggar on Horseback (1924).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A (placeholder name) for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
  • :Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 units per year...
  • Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user.
  • A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
  • A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces
  • Synonyms
    * (unspecified manufactured good) thingy, gizmo, sprocket * (scraping tool) scraper

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed as a shortened form of “window gadget” (GUI widget)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
  • Synonyms
    * (GUI) control