Novel vs Armature - What's the difference?
novel | armature |
(obsolete) A novelty; something new.
*, II.2.4:
A work of prose fiction, longer than a short story.
(classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire around a metal core.
The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet
(sculpture) A supporting framework in a sculpture.
A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.
Armor or a suit of armor.
The frame of a pair of glasses
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As a verb novel
is to increase (to make larger).As an adjective armature is
reinforced.novel
English
(wikipedia novel)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Usage notes
* Said of ideas, ways, etc.Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 2
In various senses from (etyl) novelle or (etyl) novella, both from (etyl) novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, from . Some senses came to English directly from the Latin. (etystub)Noun
(en noun)- merry talessuch as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels , and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione , which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.
