Lamp vs Lampshade - What's the difference?
lamp | lampshade |
A device that generates heat, light or other radiation.
A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
(slang) to hit, clout, belt, wallop
to hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping
(slang) to hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular
A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions so it doesn't cause glare by shining directly in one's eyes.
To intentionally call attention to the improbable, incongruent, or nature of an element or situation featured in a work of fiction within the work itself.
* 2011 , Corinne Gaston, "
As nouns the difference between lamp and lampshade
is that lamp is a device that generates heat, light or other radiation while lampshade is a cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions so it doesn't cause glare by shining directly in one's eyes.As verbs the difference between lamp and lampshade
is that lamp is to hit, clout, belt, wallop while lampshade is to intentionally call attention to the improbable, incongruent, or clichéd nature of an element or situation featured in a work of fiction within the work itself.As an acronym LAMP
is linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP — a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server.lamp
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(wikipedia lamp)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* Davy lamp * table lampVerb
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* 1000 English basic words ----lampshade
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(wikipedia lampshade)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(lampshad)Adapted comic book flick has the ring, but no power", Daily Trojan , 21 June 2011:
- Only one short bit of humor is endearing, lampshading the ridiculousness of an eye-mask being able to conceal a superhero's identity.
