Hanging vs Overthrust - What's the difference?
hanging | overthrust |
As nouns the difference between hanging and overthrust is that hanging is (uncountable) the act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide) while overthrust is (geology) a form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock. As a verb hanging is . As an adjective hanging is suspended.
hanging English
Verb
(head)
Adjective
( -)
Suspended.
- The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
(chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
Derived terms
* hanging garden
* hanging loop
* hanging participle
Noun
( wikipedia hanging)
(uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide).
* {{quote-book
, year = 1728
, chapter = The Atheist, or, the Second Part of the Solider's Fortune
, title = The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway
, volume = 2
, first = Thomas
, last = Otway
, authorlink = Thomas Otway
, location = London
, page = 37
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=yF1AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37
, passage = No, Sir, 'tis fear of Hanging . Who would not ?teal, or do Murder, every time his Fingers itch'd at it, were it not for fear of the Gallows?
}}
- Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
(countable) A public event at which a person is hanged.
- The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
(countable) Anything wide, high and rather thin that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, wallpaper or posters).
- The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
(uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
- I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.
Synonyms
* (execution) (l)
Derived terms
* wall hanging
See also
* , portiere
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overthrust English
Noun
( en noun)
(geology) A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock
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