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Organ vs Establishment - What's the difference?

organ | establishment |

As nouns the difference between organ and establishment

is that organ is organ while establishment is the act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

organ

English

(wikipedia organ) (Pipe organ)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
  • (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
  • (musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
  • * , chapter=5
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ , the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
  • An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
  • A species of cactus ().
  • (slang) The penis.
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * barrel organ * house organ * internal organ * mouth organ * pipe organ * sense organ * sex organ * storage organ * swell organ * vital organ

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
  • * Bishop Mannyngham
  • Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions.

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    establishment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
  • The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
  • That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
  • (slang) The establishment : the ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. Sometimes capitalized: the Establishment.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
  • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}

    Derived terms

    * anti-establishment * eating establishment

    Synonyms

    * (act of establishing) foundation

    Antonyms

    * (act of establishing) abolition