Hanger vs Warehouse - What's the difference?
hanger | warehouse |
One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
That by which a thing is suspended. Especially:
# A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
# (machines) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs.
# A bridle iron
# A clothes hanger
That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
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(UK) A steep, wooded declivity.
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A place for storing large amounts of products (wares). In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
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* 1894 , United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports
To confine people to institutions for long-term periods.
As verbs the difference between hanger and warehouse
is that hanger is to eat while warehouse is to store, as in a warehouse.As a noun warehouse is
a place for storing large amounts of products (wares) in logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.hanger
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Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
Not to be confused with hangar (a garage-like building for airplanes).Anagrams
* ----warehouse
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(wikipedia warehouse)Noun
(en noun)Revenge of the nerds, passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}
Derived terms
* warehousemanVerb
(warehous)- Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.