Hive vs Spark - What's the difference?
hive | spark |
A structure for housing a swarm of honeybees.
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
* Tennyson
(computing, Microsoft Windows) A section of the registry.
* 2006 , Jean Andrews, Fixing Windows XP (page 352)
* 2011 , Samuel Phung, Professional Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0
(entomology) To enter or possess a hive.
To form a hive-like entity.
To collect into a hive.
To store in a hive or similarly.
* Byron
To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
(figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
* Shakespeare
* John Locke
* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
(in plural'' sparks ''but treated as a singular ) A ship's radio operator.
(UK, slang) An electrician.
To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 5
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool
, work=BBC Sport
To give off a spark or sparks.
A gallant, a foppish young man.
* Prior
A beau, lover.
In intransitive terms the difference between hive and spark
is that hive is to take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body while spark is to give off a spark or sparks.In transitive terms the difference between hive and spark
is that hive is to store in a hive or similarly while spark is to trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).As nouns the difference between hive and spark
is that hive is a structure for housing a swarm of honeybees while spark is a small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.As verbs the difference between hive and spark
is that hive is to enter or possess a hive while spark is to trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).hive
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Dryden)
- (Shakespeare)
- a wretched hive of scum and villainy
- the hive of Roman liars
- Windows builds the registry from the five registry hives
- For devices built with hive-based registry implementation, the registry data are broken into three different hives — the boot hive, system hive, and user hive.
Derived terms
* beehive * hivemind * mother-hive * superhive * hive fiveSee also
* apiaryVerb
(hiv)- to hive a swarm of bees
- Hiving wisdom with each studious year.
- (Alexander Pope)
Derived terms
* hive off English collective nounsspark
English
(wikipedia spark)Etymology 1
From Middle English sparke, sperke, from Old English spearca, from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)- if any spark of life be yet remaining
- We have here and there a little clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge .
- Everton's Marouane Fellaini looks one certain arrival but Moyes, who also saw United held to a draw by Chelsea at Old Trafford on Monday, needs even more of a spark in a midfield that looked laboured by this team's standards.
Synonyms
* gnast * beginnings, germ, glimmerDerived terms
* sparkle * bright spark * spark arrester * spark coil * spark gap * spark knock * spark of life * spark plug * spark transmitter * sparks flyVerb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=The introduction of substitute Andy Carroll sparked Liverpool into life and he pulled a goal back just after the hour - and thought he had equalised as Kenny Dalglish's side laid siege to Chelsea's goal in the closing stages.}}
Derived terms
* spark off * sparkleEtymology 2
probably Scandinavian, akin to (etyl) sparkr 'sprightly'Noun
(en noun)- The finest sparks and cleanest beaux.