Hydraulic vs Pneumatic - What's the difference?
hydraulic | pneumatic |
Pertaining to water
Related to hydraulics
Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
Of or relating to pneumatics
Powered by, or filled with compressed air
(zoology) Having cavities filled with air
Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma
(of a woman) well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy (especially during sex)
(gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).
As adjectives the difference between hydraulic and pneumatic
is that hydraulic is pertaining to water while pneumatic is neumatic.As a noun pneumatic is
tire (of an automobile).hydraulic
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Alternative forms
* hydraulick (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- I know not why this entrance is left so neglected, as we are not in want of able engineers in France, in the hydraulic branch, a part of the mathematics to which I have most applyed myself. — M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 47
Derived terms
*pneumatic
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Alternative forms
* pneumatick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- a pneumatic instrument or engine
- pneumatic cells or bones
- "Every one says I'm awfully pneumatic," said Lenina reflectively, patting her own legs.'' - Aldous Huxley - ''Brave New World (chapter 6)