Laser vs Bulb - What's the difference?
laser | bulb |
A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
A laser printer.
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To cut with a
(sports) To throw with laser-like precision
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Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
A light bulb.
The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
* 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
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(nautical) a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
As nouns the difference between laser and bulb
is that laser is while bulb is any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.As a verb bulb is
to take the shape of a bulb; to swell.laser
English
Etymology 1
From LASER, Originally called an optical maser .Noun
(wikipedia laser) (en noun)- The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.
Synonyms
* LASER ( acronym of light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation ) * optical maser , optical MASERSee also
* TaserVerb
(en verb)citation
Etymology 2
From (etyl)Alternative forms
* lasarSee also
* silphium, silfium, silphionAnagrams
* * * * English terms with multiple etymologies ----bulb
English
Noun
(en noun)- the bulb of the aorta
- the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs .
