Knockdown vs Blowdown - What's the difference?
knockdown | blowdown |
An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
An overwhelming blow.
(genetics) A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that has been made less active or had its expression reduced.
(genetics) The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
(nautical) The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
(soccer) a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=January 29
, author=Chris Bevan
, title=Aston Villa 3 - 1 Blackburn
, work=BBC
powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down
reduced in price
As nouns the difference between knockdown and blowdown
is that knockdown is an act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down while blowdown is (chemical engineering) the removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.As an adjective knockdown
is powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down.knockdown
English
(wikipedia knockdown)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Pires, a three-time Cup winner with Arsenal who scored the Gunners' winner against Southampton in the 2003 final, has been a largely peripheral figure at Villa Park since joining in November - but the 37-year-old rolled back the years with a fine finish from Delfouneso's knockdown . }}