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Mimeo vs Motif - What's the difference?

mimeo | motif |

As nouns the difference between mimeo and motif

is that mimeo is a mimeograph while motif is a recurring or dominant element; a theme.

mimeo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mimeograph.
  • * 2005': Underground film and performance art were blossoming; backroom '''mimeo presses seemed to be everywhere. — Martin Torgoff, ''Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 105)
  • An unpublished academic paper.

    • Usage notes

    * (unpublished paper) May refer to a paper that is not in the process of being published or that is not part of an institutional working paper series.

    motif

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A recurring or dominant element; a theme.
    • See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?
  • (music) A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work
  • A decorative figure that is repeated in a design
  • (crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
  • A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
  • (biochemistry) In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.

    • Related terms

    * motive ----