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Pulla vs Pulley - What's the difference?

pulla | pulley |

As nouns the difference between pulla and pulley

is that pulla is cardamom bread (sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency, eaten in finland) while pulley is one of the simple machines; a wheel with a grooved rim in which a pulled rope or chain will lift an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

As a verb pulley is

to raise or lift by means of a pulley.

pulla

English

(wikipedia pulla)

Noun

(en noun)
  • cardamom bread (sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency, eaten in Finland)
    • ----

    pulley

    English

    (wikipedia pulley)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the simple machines; a wheel with a grooved rim in which a pulled rope or chain will lift an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

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    See also

    * inclined plane * lever * polyspast * block and tackle * screw * wedge * wheel *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To raise or lift by means of a pulley.
    • (Howell)