Lunchbox vs Tic - What's the difference?
lunchbox | tic |
A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.
(slang) A person or object constantly at one's side (in the manner of a lunchbox).
(British slang) The male genitals when enclosed in clothing.
(Asia) A to-go lunch packaged in a disposable box.
(computing, slang) A luggable; an early laptop computer, usually a unit with a handle and a fold-out keyboard.
* 1988 , PC Mag (volume 7, number 17, 11 October 1988, page 93)
* 2004 , Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops (page 20)
To exhibit a tic; to undergo convulsive muscle movements.
As nouns the difference between lunchbox and tic
is that lunchbox is a container for transporting meals, especially lunch while tic is a local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles.As a verb tic is
to exhibit a tic; to undergo convulsive muscle movements.As an initialism TIC is
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* lunch boxNoun
(es)- You'll find a mix among clamshell laptops for strong laps, lunchboxes , and sewing-machine configurations; the latter two designs typically have detachable keyboards.
- The performance difference between desktops and lunchboxes was practically nil.