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Poly vs Gimmick - What's the difference?

poly | gimmick |

As nouns the difference between poly and gimmick

is that poly is dust while gimmick is a trick or device used to attain some end.

As a verb gimmick is

to rig or set up with a trick or device.

poly

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of various words.

Noun

(polys)
  • polytechnic.
  • polyethylene (polythene)
  • (chiefly, computer graphics) polygon
  • (uncountable) polyester
    • a cotton-poly blend
  • (chiefly, informal) polyamory
  • (chiefly, informal) A polyamorous person.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (chiefly, informal) polyamorous

    • Verb

  • (transitive, video games, roguelikes) To polymorph; to transform by magic.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) polium, the name of a plant, perhaps Teucrium polium .

    Alternative forms

    * poley

    Noun

  • A whitish woolly plant () of the order Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean.

    • Usage notes

    * The name, with various prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus.

    Derived terms

    * poly-mountain (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    gimmick

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A trick or device used to attain some end.
    • The box had a gimmick to make the coin appear to vanish.
  • * April 19 2002 , Scott Tobias, AV Club Fightville [http://www.avclub.com/articles/fightville,72589/]
    • Epperlein and Tucker focus on two featherweight hopefuls: Dustin Poirier, a formidable contender who’s looking to parlay a history of schoolyard violence and street-fighting into a potential career, and Albert Stainback, a more thoughtful yet more erratic and undisciplined fighter whose chief gimmick is entering the ring wearing a hat like the one Malcolm McDowell wore in A Clockwork Orange .
  • A clever ploy or strategy.
    • The contest was a gimmick to get people to sign up for their mailing list.

    Derived terms

    * gimmicky * gimmickry

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To rig or set up with a trick or device.
    • The magician's box was gimmicked with a wire that made it appear to open on its own.