Gang vs Relay - What's the difference?
gang | relay | Synonyms |
A going, journey; a course, path, track.
* 1840 , Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Woodnotes I":
* 1869 , Papa André , Once a Week, page
* 1895 , Frederick Tupper Jr., Anglo-Saxon Dæg-Mæl , Modern Language Association of America, page
A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
(US) A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit, or a group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
(US) A chain gang.
A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
A set; all required for an outfit.
(electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
(electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
(mining) The mineral substance which encloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
(by extension) A new set of anything.
* Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
(athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. Most common events are 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter competitions.
(electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
(obsolete, intransitive, hunting) To release a new set of hounds.
To pass on or transfer (information).
Gang is a synonym of relay.
As nouns the difference between gang and relay
is that gang is a gang, a team, a group while relay is .As a verb relay is
(obsolete|intransitive|hunting) to release a new set of hounds or relay can be .gang
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) gangen, from (etyl) . Ultimately: related to etym. 2, see below.Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) gang, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch gang, Icelandic gangur, Norwegian gang ("hallway"), Old Norse gangr (passage, hallway).Noun
(en noun)- In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang
418/1:
- That week was also called the Gang Week, from the Saxon'' ganger'', to go; and the Rogation days were termed the Gang Days.
229:
- Neither Marshall nor Bouterwek makes clear the connection existing between the Gang-days and the Major and Minor Litanies.
- the Gashouse Gang
- The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
- a gang''' of sailors; a railroad '''gang .
- a youth gang'''; a neighborhood '''gang'''; motorcycle '''gang .
- the Winter Hill gang'''; the '''Gang of Four.
- Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.
- a gang''' of saws; a '''gang of plows.
- a new gang of stays.
- an outlet gang''' box; a double '''gang switch.
- a gang of wires
- Do a drop for the telephone gang''', then another drop for the internet '''gang , both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.
Derived terms
* anti-gang * chain gang * gang bang * gang box * gang-buster * gangboard * gang-cask * gangdom * gangland * gangplank * gang rape * gangsman * gang switch * gangster * gang up * gang up on * gangway * ingang * outgang * street gang * umgang * upgangSee also
*Etymology 3
See (gan).relay
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , of uncertain origin.Noun
(en noun)- There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.
