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Parachute vs Paradise - What's the difference?

parachute | paradise |

As nouns the difference between parachute and paradise

is that parachute is a device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object while paradise is heaven; the abode of sanctified souls after death.

As verbs the difference between parachute and paradise

is that parachute is to jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device while paradise is to affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.

As a proper noun Paradise is

heaven.

parachute

English

Noun

(wikipedia parachute) (en noun)
  • (aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object.
  • (zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
  • (BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.

    • Derived terms

    * parachutist

    Verb

    (parachut)
  • To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • To be placed in an organisation in a position of seniority without having previous experience there.

    • Related terms

    * parapente * parasail * paratrooper ----

    paradise

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, religion) Heaven; the abode of sanctified souls after death.
  • * Bible, Luke xxiii. 43
    • To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise .
  • * Longfellow
    • It sounds to him like her mother's voice, / Singing in Paradise .
  • (figuratively) A very pleasant place.
    • an island paradise in the Caribbean
  • (figuratively) A very positive experience.
  • (architecture) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
  • A churchyard or cemetery.

    • Synonyms

    * haven * heaven * utopia

    Derived terms

    * bird of paradise * fool's paradise * grains of paradise * paradise duck * paradise flycatcher * paradisiac * paradisiacal * paradisiacally * Surfers Paradise * trouble in paradise

    Related terms

    * parvis

    See also

    * Arcadia * Avalon * Nirvana * Shangri-la

    Verb

    (paradis)
  • To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.
    • (Marston)

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