What is the difference between mike and michael?
mike | michael |
(informal) A microphone.
* 1970, Theodore Sturgeon and Edward H. Waldo, "The Pod in the Barrier", in A Touch of Strange , Ayer Publishing, ISBN 0836935225, page 28,
* 1981, John Swaigen, How to Fight for What’s Right: The Guide to Public Interest Law , James Lorimer & Company, ISBN 0888624220, pages 118–119,
* 2007, John Sellers, Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0743277082, page 85,
To microphone; to place one or more microphones () on.
* 1994 September, Jim Gaines, transcribed in Alan di Perna, "Step Lively: Recalling the recording process of SRV’s IN STEP with album producer Jim Gaines", in Guitar World Magazine'', reprinted in ''Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan: Stevie Ray In His Own Words , Hal Leonard (1997), ISBN 0793580803, page 81,
* 1996, J.R. Robinson, quoted in Mark Huntly Parsons, The Drummer’s Studio Survival Guide: How to get the best possible drum tracks on any recording project , Hal Leonard, ISBN 0793572223, page 72,
* 2006, Glenn Haertlein, Project Vectus , Lulu, ISBN 1-4116-8414-1, page 108,
To measure using a micrometer.
* 1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy , HPBooks, ISBN 0895861755, page 98,
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* 1629 , , Meditations upon Creed'', ''The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862) , volume 3, page 212:
* 2008 , , The Northern Clemency , Harpercollins, ISBN 9780007174799, page 498:
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) An archangel associated with defending Israel in the tribulation.
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Michael is a related term of mike.
As proper nouns the difference between mike and michael
is that mike is a diminutive of the male given name Michael while Michael is a given name derived from Hebrew.As a noun mike
is a microphone.As a verb mike
is to microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.mike
English
Noun
(en noun)- "Then I say to the recording, for the record," I barked, right into the mike , "[…]"
- Obviously, one must watch what one says in the vicinity of a microphone. More than one person has made a “private” statement in the presence of an open mike .
- When the haggard bartender informed us that there would be an open-mike event later in the evening, I got my first sense that not everyone in Manchester cared about the music the city has produced.
Synonyms
* micVerb
(mik)- “And sometimes I’d just have to mike the room. You could run into some weird phasing problems with the individual mics because the speakers were all reacting differently.”
- He knows me, I know him, and I know how he’s going to mike the drums and what selection of mic’s he's going to use.
- “Zeb, is everything go on the AV equipment?” I heard Jim ask. ¶ “Yep,” Zeb replied. “I just need to mike him up.” […] “All set,” he said once he clipped the wireless microphone to my shirtfront.
- Measure Valve-Stem Diameter— To be positive about it you’ll have to mike the valve stem with a 1-in. micrometer as explained on pages 100 and 101.
Synonyms
* (to place a microphone on) micUsage notes
* This term is often found in the synonymous phrasal verb (mike up), as in the 2006 quotation above.Anagrams
*michael
English
Etymology 1
From Vulgate (etyl) Michael, Michahel, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* MichaellProper noun
(en proper noun)- Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel'' or ''Michael , giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
- He works in the steelworks, the boyfriend, on the factory floor. I'd say that was quite unusual, he's called Michael'. Insists on that, he does, not being called Mike or Micky or Mick, pretends not to hear you, then, "No, my name's actually ' Michael ."
- And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people.
- And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.