Necklace vs Garland - What's the difference?
necklace | garland |
An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
(figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
(South Africa) A method of informal execution in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
* (projectlink)
* 4 August, 2004' Headline Pretoria News: ' Necklacing: 7 held .
* 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
* 2004 A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
(South Africa) To informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.
* May 29 2003 : The Star:
* 2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin
* 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
An accolade or mark of honour.
(mining) A metal gutter placed round a mine shaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
The crown of a monarch.
(dated) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
* Percy
The top; the thing most prized.
(nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
(nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
As nouns the difference between necklace and garland
is that necklace is an article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached while garland is a wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.As verbs the difference between necklace and garland
is that necklace is to informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck while garland is to deck or ornament something with a garland.As a proper noun Garland is
{{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for a maker or seller of garlands.necklace
English
Noun
(en noun)- a necklace of coral islands
- Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's "necklace " murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffrey's Bay.
- Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone were also subjected to a necklace execution
- In the fluidly unfolding events of a necklace murder, was there time and space to stop the killing?
Verb
(necklac)- Frustrated residents tied the hands of two suspected criminals, put tyres around their necks and then set them alight. In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and necklaced two suspected burglars.
- Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced , and their houses have been destroyed
- The first instance of necklacing occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle.
Derived terms
* necklacing * pearl necklaceSee also
* (wikipedia "necklace") * collar (necklace for animals)garland
English
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia garland)- (Alexander Pope)
- (Grafton)
- They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands .
- (Shakespeare)
