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Detritus vs Gambit - What's the difference?

detritus | gambit |

As nouns the difference between detritus and gambit

is that detritus is pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion while gambit is an opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage.

detritus

English

Noun

(wikipedia detritus)
  • (countable, chiefly, geological) pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
  • (biology) Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.
  • debris or fragments of disintegrated material
  • 2001'. "But of course: no clutter. No newspapers, no renegade scraps of domestic '''detritus , no rubber bands, paper clips, coupons, pens or pencils, notebooks, magazines. No knives. Where were the knives?" — Chip Kidd. ''The Cheese Monkeys

    Derived terms

    * detrital * detritivore

    gambit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
  • Her clever opening gambit gave her an advantage.
  • Any ploy or stratagem.
  • Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit .
  • A remark intended to open a conversation.