Kata vs Kate - What's the difference?
kata | kate |
(martial arts) A sequence of positions and movements used in the practice of many martial arts.
* 1979 , Masatoshi Nakayama, Best Karate: Heian, Tekki ,
* 2006 , Kelley MacAulay, Bobbie Kalman, Karate in Action ,
* 2009 , Thomas W. Hanlon, The Sports Rules Book , ,
* 2010', Kenji Tokitsu, ''The '''Katas : The Meaning Behind the Movements .
In a direction analogous to down, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
* 1985 , Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes (page 43)
* 2005 , Animation journal (volumes 13-15)
A medieval pet form of Catherine and related names. Also used as a formal female given name.
* ~~1594 William Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew : Act II, Scene I:
* 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
* 1944 A.J.Cronin: The Green Years .Little, Brown, and Company, 1944. page 62:
Kate is a hypernym of kata.
Kate is a hyponym of kata.
As nouns the difference between kata and kate
is that kata is a sequence of positions and movements used in the practice of many martial arts while kate is the brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.As an adverb kata
is in a direction analogous to down, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.As a proper noun Kate is
a medieval pet form of Catherine and related names. Also used as a formal female given name.kata
English
(wikipedia kata)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . In English use since the 1950s.Noun
(en noun)page 12,
- About fifty kata , or "formal exercises," are practiced at the present time, some having been passed down from generation to generation, others having been developed fairly recently.
page 22,
- Katas' are a series of motions, such as punches, strikes, and kicks, arranged in a specific pattern. The pattern allows the motions to flow into one another. A student must learn a new ' kata to advance to each new belt level.
page 161,
- When the competitor's name is called, she stands on the designated line, bows to the panel of judges, and announces the name of the kata' she will perform.She then performs the '''kata'''. When she is finished, her opponent performs her '''kata'''. At the end of the second ' kata , both return to the mat area to await the decision of the judging panel.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Adverb
(en adverb)- Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata . The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.
- Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.
Antonyms
* anaEtymology 3
Anagrams
* ----kate
English
(wikipedia Kate)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Petruchio .Good morrow, Kate ; for that's your name, I hear.
- Katharina .Well have you heard, but something hard of hearing: / They call me Katharine that do talk of me.
- Petruchio''.You lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain Kate''', / And bonny '''Kate''', and sometimes ' Kate the curst;
- A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. - - - A clergyman in my neighbourhood used to mistake the sound, and christen the babies Catharine; - a wise error, for Kate is a noble abbreviation.
- "And I have such a horrible name. Think of it... Kate . Who would take Kate on a Moonlight Cruise...or out to the Minstrels at the point. If you ever do find me in the company of a strange young man, call me Irene. Promise me."
