Net vs Salvage - What's the difference?
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A mesh of string, cord or rope.
A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
*
, title= A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
(by extension) A trap.
* Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5
(geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them, e.g. computer ~, road ~, electricity distribution ~.
(sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
, title= (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
To catch by means of a net.
(figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
* Sir Walter Scott
To enclose or cover with a net.
(football) To score (a goal).
* 2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632463]
(tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=June 28
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters
, work=BBC Sport
To form network or netting; to knit.
(obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.xii:
Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
Remaining after expenses or deductions.
Final; end.
after expenses or deductions
To receive as profit.
To yield as profit for.
To fully hedge a position.
the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation
the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
the compensation paid to the rescuers
the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued
anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
damaged
* salvage cars auction.
Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 13
, author=Sam Lyon
, title=Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal
, work=BBC
Of discarded goods, to put to use
To make new or restore for the use of being saved
In transitive terms the difference between net and salvage
is that net is to yield as profit for while salvage is to make new or restore for the use of being saved.As an adjective net
is good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.As an adverb net
is after expenses or deductions.As a proper noun Net
is the Internet.net
English
(NET)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}
- A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
Wigan 2-2 Arsenal, passage=Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.}}
Synonyms
* (mesh) mesh, network * (used for catching or trapping) * snare, trap * (anything that has the appearance of a net) reticulation * (in geometry) development * (in computing) networkDerived terms
* fishnet * hairnet * hit the net * internet * netting * network * neural net * Petri net * safety netVerb
(nett)- And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
- to net a tree
- Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
- Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
citation, page= , passage=Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.}}
Synonyms
* (catch by means of a net) catch * (to trap) catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trapEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m). Compare (m), (m).Alternative forms
* nettAdjective
(-)- Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright
- net wine
- net''' profit''; '''''net weight
- net''' result''; '''''net conclusion
Derived terms
* net income * net loss * net weightAdverb
(-)- You'll have $5000 net .
Verb
(nett)- The company nets $30 on every sale.
- The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
- Every party is netting their position with a counter-party
salvage
English
(wikipedia salvage)Etymology 1
From (etyl) salver, from .Noun
(en noun)Verb
(salvag)citation, page= , passage=Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw.}}