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Groundling vs Groundline - What's the difference?

groundling | groundline |

As nouns the difference between groundling and groundline

is that groundling is any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially while groundline is a line drawn to signify the surface of the ground, especially in architectural blueprints and in drawings by children which lack dimension.

groundling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially
  • # The (spined loach), , or other loaches.
  • # The ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula .
  • by association, an individual of uncultivated or uncultured taste
  • in Elizabethan theater : an audience member (usually standing) in the cheap section
  • See also

    * (cheap section) nosebleed seat, peanut gallery

    References

    * Notes from an edition of Hamlet

    groundline

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (art) A line drawn to signify the surface of the ground, especially in architectural blueprints and in drawings by children which lack dimension.
  • In equestrian show jumping, a marker such as a row of flowers which signifies the point from which a horse should begin a jump over an obstacle.
  • See also

    *landline