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Flurry vs Snowflake - What's the difference?

flurry | snowflake |

As nouns the difference between flurry and snowflake

is that flurry is a brief snowfall while snowflake is a crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.

As verbs the difference between flurry and snowflake

is that flurry is to agitate, bewilder, disconcert while snowflake is to arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.

flurry

English

Noun

(flurries)
  • A brief snowfall.
  • A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
    • a flurry of wind
  • A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
  • Any sudden activity; a stir.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=10 citation , passage=With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.}}
  • * 1998 , Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon , in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
    • These [argument structure] modifications are important because they have provoked a flurry of investigation into argument structure operations of merger, demotion etc.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 8, author=Chris Bevan, title=Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds
    • , work=BBC citation , passage=The Championship highflyers almost got their reward for a resilient performance on their first visit to the Emirates, surviving a flurry of first-half Arsenal chances before hitting back with a classic sucker punch.}}
  • A snack consisting of soft ice cream with small pieces of fruit, cookie, etc.
  • * 1988 , K. Wayne Wride, Fruit Treats'' (in ''Vegetarian Times number 134, October 1988, page 27)
    • Does your "Forbidden Foods" list include banana splits, ice cream sundaes, slurpies, popsicles, frozen yogurts, milk shakes, and ice cream flurries ? These foods taste great but have a reputation for being bad for your health.
  • * 2002 , Tampa Bay Magazine (volume 17, number 3, May-June 2002, page 235)
    • They will make your tongue smile with their homemade ice cream, which was voted "Best Taste in the USA Today." Enjoy exciting toppings to personalize your treat or a yummy sundae, flurry , smoothie, banana split or shake...
  • The violent spasms of a dying whale.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To agitate, bewilder, disconcert.
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • She was flurried by the term with which he had qualified her gentle friend, but she took the occasion for one to which she must in every manner lend herself.
  • To move or fall in a flurry.

    • snowflake

    English

    (wikipedia snowflake) (Leucojum)

    Alternative forms

    * snow-flake“ snowflake]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
  • Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus , having white flowers.
  • The snow bunting, .
  • (slang, usually, sarcastic) A person who is unique and special (referring to the idea that no two snowflakes are identical in structure).
    • Well, aren't you a special snowflake ?

    Derived terms

    * snowflake baby * snowflake child * snowflake curve * snowflake schema * snowflake wheel * summer snowflake

    See also

    * *

    Verb

    (snowflak)
  • (computing, databases) To arrange (data) into a (snowflake schema).

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