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Lines vs Linea - What's the difference?

lines | linea |

As nouns the difference between lines and linea

is that lines is while linea is (astronomy|geology) any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.

As a verb lines

is (line).

lines

English

Noun

(head) (plural )
  • (fortifications, in the plural) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
  • (shipbuilding, in the plural) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
  • (education, in the plural) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.
    • If you don't behave I'll give you lines
    I had to write out 200 lines
  • (US, in the plural) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (line)
    • (Webster 1913)

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    linea

    English

    Noun

    (lineae)
  • (astronomy, geology) Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.
    • The moons Dione and Europa have prominent lineae .

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