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Kinematics vs Gargoyle - What's the difference?

kinematics | gargoyle |

As nouns the difference between kinematics and gargoyle

is that kinematics is (physics) the branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved while gargoyle is a carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.

kinematics

English

(wikipedia kinematics)

Noun

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  • (physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.

    • Related terms

    * kinematic

    See also

    * dynamics

    gargoyle

    English

    (wikipedia gargoyle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
  • * 1906 , , The Trampling of the Lilies? , page 110
    • From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.
  • Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
  • A fictional winged monster.
  • * 2005 , Mel Odom, The Secret Explodes? , page 200
    • Almost immediately one of the gargoyles' swept down from the sky and attacked him. The ' gargoyle' s momentum drove them both over the side.
  • (slang, pejorative) An ugly woman.

    • Synonyms

    * (any decorative carved grotesque figure) grotesque, hunky punk * (ugly woman) crone, hag

    Derived terms

    *gargoylish