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Flares vs Loons - What's the difference?

flares | loons |


As nouns the difference between flares and loons

is that flares is plural of lang=en while loons is plural of lang=en.

As a verb flares

is third-person singular of flare.

Cooing vs Babbling - What's the difference?

cooing | babbling |


As verbs the difference between cooing and babbling

is that cooing is present participle of lang=en while babbling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between cooing and babbling

is that cooing is a coo; a cooing sound while babbling is a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words.

Scrubber vs Demister - What's the difference?

scrubber | demister |


As nouns the difference between scrubber and demister

is that scrubber is a person or appliance that cleans floors etc by scrubbing while demister is a part of the ventilation system in motor cars that blows hot, dry air against the inside of a windscreen to prevent, or remove condensation.

Luxation vs Elevation - What's the difference?

luxation | elevation |


As nouns the difference between luxation and elevation

is that luxation is the act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation while elevation is elevation (height above something).

Sterndrive vs Outdrive - What's the difference?

sterndrive | outdrive |


As a noun sterndrive

is (nautical) a form of marine propulsion similar to an outboard motor.

As a verb outdrive is

to drive a vehicle, etc farther or better than.

Orthorectification vs Georeferencing - What's the difference?

orthorectification | georeferencing |


As nouns the difference between orthorectification and georeferencing

is that orthorectification is the processing of an aerial photograph by orthorectifying it; the orthophoto that is produced by this process while georeferencing is location using a coordinate system.

As a verb georeferencing is

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Chairman vs Founder - What's the difference?

chairman | founder |


As nouns the difference between chairman and founder

is that chairman is a person (implied male) presiding over a meeting while founder is one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows.

As a verb founder is

of a ship, to fill with water and sink.

Hasp vs Staple - What's the difference?

hasp | staple |


As nouns the difference between hasp and staple

is that hasp is a clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door while staple is a town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group or staple can be a wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.

As verbs the difference between hasp and staple

is that hasp is to shut or fasten with a hasp while staple is to sort according to its staple or staple can be to secure with a staple.

As an adjective staple is

relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.

Decimal vs Integer - What's the difference?

decimal | integer |


As an adjective decimal

is decimal.

As a noun integer is

(arithmetic) an element of the infinite and numerable set {,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,}.

Laughter vs Giggle - What's the difference?

laughter | giggle |


As nouns the difference between laughter and giggle

is that laughter is the sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound while giggle is a high-pitched, silly laugh.

As a verb giggle is

to laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.

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