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Fulcrum vs Foothold - What's the difference?

fulcrum | foothold |

In military terms the difference between fulcrum and foothold

is that fulcrum is nATO code name for the Soviet MiG-29 aircraft while foothold is airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement.

As a proper noun Fulcrum

is nATO code name for the Soviet MiG-29 aircraft.

fulcrum

English

(wikipedia fulcrum)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.
  • * It is possible to flick food across the table using your fork as a lever and your finger as a fulcrum .
  • * 2010 , , '' Bad Machinery
    • MILDRED: Archimedes said give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I will move the world.
    CHARLOTTE: Yeah she said that twaddle eight or nine times.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=(Henry Petroski) , title=Opening Doors , volume=100, issue=2, page=112-3 , magazine= citation , passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.}}

    foothold

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (climbing) A solid grip with the feet.
  • (military) airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement.
    • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs