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Piston vs Bison - What's the difference?

piston | bison |

As a proper noun piston

is .

As a noun bison is

a wild ox, bison bonasus .

piston

English

(wikipedia piston)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
  • (music) A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch

    • Derived terms

    * piston rod * piston ring * pistoning

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move up and down like a piston.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    bison

    English

    (wikipedia bison)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A wild ox, Bison bonasus .
  • A similar American animal, Bison bison'' else ''Bos americanus'' or ''Bisonte americano ; also called a buffalo.

    • Synonyms

    * wisent (Bison bonasus )

    Anagrams

    * * ----