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Motor vs Dhoni - What's the difference?

motor | dhoni |

As nouns the difference between motor and dhoni

is that motor is engine (mechanical device) while dhoni is a handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the maldives.

motor

English

(wikipedia motor)

Alternative forms

* motour (very rare)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A machine or device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
  • (lb) A motor car, or automobile.
  • *
  • *:It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor , brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
  • (lb) A source of power for something, an inspiration, a driving force.
  • Synonyms

    * engine

    Derived terms

    * electric motor * linear motor * motorbike * motorcycle * motorcyclist * motorise * motorist * motor oil * motor scooter * motor trade * motor unit * motor vehicle * outboard motor * rocket motor * shaded-pole motor

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biology) describing neurons that create the ability to move
  • She has excellent motor skills.

    Derived terms

    * motor unit

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To drive around leisurely in a motorised vehicle.
  • (slang) To leave.
  • I gotta motor .

    dhoni

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dhony * done * doney * doni

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia dhoni)
  • A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 28, author=Elaine Glusac, title=It’s Night. Shall We Snorkel, Cycle or Hike?, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Guests at the new Anantara Resort Maldives , opened in September on a five-acre island in the South Male Atoll, can shove off at sunset to fish from an indigenous dhoni sailboat, trailing local tackle — that is, a baited hook on a fishing line. }}