Leaning vs Capacity - What's the difference?
leaning | capacity | Related terms |
The ability to hold, receive or absorb
A measure of such ability; volume
The maximum amount that can be held
Capability; the ability to perform some task
The maximum that can be produced.
Mental ability; the power to learn
A faculty; the potential for growth and development
A role; the position in which one functions
Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
Electrical capacitance.
(operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
Filling the allotted space.
* 2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited,
Leaning is a related term of capacity.
As nouns the difference between leaning and capacity
is that leaning is a tendency while capacity is the ability to hold, receive or absorb.As a verb leaning
is .As an adjective capacity is
filling the allotted space.capacity
English
Noun
(capacities)- It was hauling a capacity load.
- The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.
- Its capacity''' rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum '''capacity was 200 tons per hour.
Synonyms
* throughput * See alsoDerived terms
* capacitance * capacitation * capacitorAdjective
- There will be a capacity crowd at Busch stadium for the sixth game.
London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- At an overcast Eton Dorney, roared on by a capacity crowd including Prince Harry and Prince William, the volume rose as they entered the final stages.
