Mach vs Macho - What's the difference?
mach | macho |
(physics) a ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds.
(physics) the Mach number
(informal) tending to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily]] and [[histrionic, histrionically tough
A macho person; a person who tends to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado.
The striped mullet of California ().
A male llama.
As nouns the difference between mach and macho
is that mach is a ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds while macho is a macho person; a person who tends to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado.As a proper noun Mach
is Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist 1838 - 1916.As an adjective macho is
tending to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough.mach
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Noun
(-)- The jet traveled at Mach 3.
