Detritus vs Gambit - What's the difference?
detritus | gambit |
(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
An opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
Any ploy or stratagem.
A remark intended to open a conversation.
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)- 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 * detritivoregambit
English
Noun
(en noun)- Her clever opening gambit gave her an advantage.
- Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit .