Pickup vs Surge - What's the difference?
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An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
# In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
(US, Canada) A pickup truck.
(usually, attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games.
An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also pick-up line', '''pick-up joint''', ' pickup artist .
(video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
(US, Canada) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. See also gain
The act of answering a telephone.
* 2006 , Georgina Spelvin, The Devil Made Me Do It , Little Red Hen Books (2008), ISBN 978-0-6151-9907-8,
(film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle. The time the act occurs.
A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
, passage=As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.}}
The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation
(electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
(nautical) The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
* Bible, James i. 6
* Dryden
(obsolete) A spring; a fountain.
* Ld. Berners
The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
(lb) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03, author=David S. Senchina, volume=101, issue=2, page=134
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, title= To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
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*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 2, work=BBC
, title= To slack off a line.
As nouns the difference between pickup and surge
is that pickup is a car with a loading space; pickup truck while surge is a sudden transient rush, flood or increase.As a verb surge is
(lb) to rush, flood, or increase suddenly.pickup
English
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Noun
(en noun)- Rather than join a basketball league, James decided to play pick up .
- At lunch we had a game of pickup hockey.
- Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pickup , I'm not interested.
- The returns from the election show Apple Party candidate Jane Doe has made a pickup in the district of City West defeating Orange Party Incumbent Joe Smith
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- That's why the phone at the theater's on automatic pickup .
Descendants
* Chinese: *: Mandarin: * Finnish: (l) * French: * German: * Indonesian: (l) * Japanese: * Khmer: * Portuguese: * Russian: * Spanish: (Guatemala) * Thai: ----surge
English
Noun
(en noun)citation
- He felt a surge of excitement.
- A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district.
- He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
- He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, / Pursues the foaming surges to the shore.
- divers surges and springs of water
Synonyms
* inrushDerived terms
* countersurge * surgelessVerb
(surg)Athletics and Herbal Supplements, passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}
Wales 2-1 Montenegro, passage=Wales began the second half as they ended the first, closing down Montenegro quickly and the pressure told as Bale surged into the box and pulled the ball back for skipper Ramsey, arriving on cue, to double their lead.}}