Pharos vs Beacon - What's the difference?
pharos | beacon |
An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
* Gay
(nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
:* A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger; also a signal mark on land. (FM 55-501).
A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
That which gives notice of danger.
* Shakespeare
To act as a beacon.
To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
As nouns the difference between pharos and beacon
is that pharos is an ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors while beacon is a signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.As a proper noun Pharos
is a small island off Alexandria where the Lighthouse of Alexandria was located.As a verb beacon is
to act as a beacon.pharos
English
Noun
- He built a pharos , or lighthouse. — Arbuthnot.
beacon
English
(wikipedia beacon)Noun
(en noun)- No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar.
- Modest doubt is called / The beacon of the wise.
Derived terms
* aerobeacon * day beacon * radio beacon * web beaconSee also
* cairn * leading mark * navigation aid * navigation mark * radar reflector * sea mark, seamarkVerb
(en verb)- That beacons the darkness of heaven. — Campbell.
