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Gallery vs Camonflet - What's the difference?

gallery | camonflet |

As nouns the difference between gallery and camonflet

is that gallery is an institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art while camonflet is (military) a small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.

gallery

English

(wikipedia gallery)

Noun

(galleries)
  • An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
  • An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
  • Uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
  • A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side
  • as a whole, the spectators of an event.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Capello was missing his son's wedding in Milan to take charge – yet his reshaped England team gave him cause for a double celebration as they overturned the odds in front of a delighted Wembley gallery .}}
  • A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
    • a gallery of image thumbnails
    a clip-art gallery in a wordprocessor

    Derived terms

    * peanut gallery * rogues' gallery

    Related terms

    * gallerist

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * allergy * largely * regally

    camonflet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.
    • (Farrow)
    (Webster 1913)