Morale vs Velcro - What's the difference?
morale | velcro |
The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.
* 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/sports/new-york-city-marathon-will-not-be-held-sunday.html?hp&_r=0]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):
A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other of tiny fiber loops, which when brought together stick strongly one to the other.
To fasten tightly with Velcro.
* 1988 , Tom Leopold, Almost Like Being Here , Dutton, ISBN 9780525246329, page 8:
* 2000 , George P. Pelecanos, Shame the Devil , Little, Brown and Company, ISBN 9780316695237,
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* 2008 , Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 978-0-7434-9675-9,
As nouns the difference between morale and velcro
is that morale is the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others while velcro is (velcro).As a verb velcro is
(velcro).morale
English
Noun
(wikipedia morale) (-)- After the layoffs morale was at an all time low, they were so dispirited nothing was getting done.
- Morale''' is an important quality in soldiers. With good '''morale they'll charge into a hail of bullets; without it they won't even cross a street.
- Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one.
Synonyms
* esprit de corpsvelcro
English
(wikipedia Velcro)Proper noun
(head)Usage notes
* This term may be a trademark.Verb
- He was standing on a chair Velcroing red balloons to himself.
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- He had a seat in a leather recliner and hit the remote, which he had Velcroed to the chair.
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- Two officers stormed into I-tier, still Velcroing their flak jackets.
