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Gazebo vs Temple - What's the difference?

gazebo | temple |

As a noun gazebo

is a belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.

As a proper noun temple is

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gazebo

English

(wikipedia gazebo)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.
  • temple

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) temple, from (etyl) templ, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A building for worship.
  • The temple of Zeus was very large.
  • (often, capitalized) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
  • Something regarded as holding religious presence.
  • Something of importance; something attended to.
  • My body is my temple.
  • (obsolete) A body.
  • * 1602 , (William Shakespeare), , act 1, scene 3, lines 11–14:
  • For nature crescent does not grow alone
    In thews and bulks, but as this temple waxes,
    The inward service of the mind and soul
    Grows wide withal.
  • Hands held together with forefingers outstretched and touching pad to pad, with the rest of the fingers clasped.
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  • Synonyms
    * house of worship
    Derived terms
    * templelike * Temple Mount * Temple of Heaven * temple of immensity

    Verb

    (templ)
  • To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to.
  • to temple a god
    (Feltham)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) temple, from (etyl) temple, from (etyl) (see "temporal bone" )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
  • (ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) ; compare templet and template.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (weaving) A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
  • Anagrams

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