Ram vs Ream - What's the difference?
ram | ream |
(electronics, computing) random access memory
(project management) responsibility assignment matrix
(risk management) reliability availability maintainability
(military) radar-absorbent material, a material absorbant to radar
(Royal Academy of Music)
To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
* Sir Walter Scott
To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
To remove (material) by reaming.
To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
(slang) To yell at or berate.
(slang, vulgar) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way, by analogy with definition 1.
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
An abstract large amount of something.
Ream is a synonym of ram.
As nouns the difference between ram and ream
is that ram is a male sheep while ream is cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.As verbs the difference between ram and ream
is that ram is to intentionally collide with (a ship) with the intention of damaging or sinking it while ream is to cream; mantle; foam; froth.As an acronym RAM
is random access memory.As a proper noun Ram
is the constellation Aries.ram
English
Acronym
(Acronym) (head) (wikipedia RAM)Derived terms
* NVRAM * SRAM * DRAM * SDRAM * FRAM * MRAMSee also
* flash memory * bubble memory * core memory * WORMAnagrams
* * * *ream
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) reme, rem, from (etyl) . See also (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l)Verb
(en verb)- a huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret
Etymology 2
From (etyl) remen, rimen, . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l)Verb
(en verb)Etymology 3
From (etyl) reeme, from (etyl) raime, .Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- I can't go - I still have reams of work left.
