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Noria vs Norma - What's the difference?

noria | norma |

As nouns the difference between noria and norma

is that noria is a water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water while norma is a norm.

As a proper noun Norma is

{{given name|female|from=coinages}}.

noria

English

(wikipedia noria)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
  • Any machine using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.

    • Synonyms

    * (water wheel) water wheel

    Anagrams

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    norma

    English

    Etymology 1

    Coined name of an imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera (1831). Sometimes explained as (etyl) , or as a feminine form of Norman

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1966 , Third Girl , page 6:
    • I wish I could remember that girl's Christian name. Something connected with a song...Thora? Speak to me, Thora, Thora, Thora''. Something like that, or Myra? ''Myra, oh Myra my love is all for thee''... Norma'''? Or do I mean Maritana? ' Norma - Norma Restarick. That's right, I'm sure.
    Usage notes
    * Popular in the U.S.A. in the 1930s.

    Etymology 2

    Named by the French astronomer in 1763. From (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (constellation) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.
    • Derived terms
    * Normae

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