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Locomotive vs Quartering - What's the difference?

locomotive | quartering |

As nouns the difference between locomotive and quartering

is that locomotive is (rail transport) the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself, but pulls the coaches or rail cars or wagons while quartering is the act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.

As adjectives the difference between locomotive and quartering

is that locomotive is of or relating to locomotion while quartering is (nautical) coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.

As a verb quartering is

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locomotive

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rail transport) The power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself, but pulls the coaches or rail cars or wagons.
  • (rare) A traction engine
  • (slang) A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed
  • (economics) A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports. (i.e. The United States).
  • Usage notes

    Sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for train.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or relating to locomotion
  • of or relating to the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself
  • quartering

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
  • The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
  • (heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
  • (heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
  • (architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
  • (engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
  • (Webster 1913)