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Knockdown vs Teardown - What's the difference?

knockdown | teardown |

As nouns the difference between knockdown and teardown

is that knockdown is an act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down while teardown is a well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.

As an adjective knockdown

is powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down.

knockdown

English

(wikipedia knockdown)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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 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 . }}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down
  • reduced in price

    • Derived terms

    *knockdown-dragout

    teardown

    English

    Alternative forms

    tear-down

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 5, author=Ernest Beck, title=Striped With Light, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Architect and clients also agreed that a teardown wasn’t an option.}}

    Antonyms

    * buildup

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