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Ran vs Setup - What's the difference?

ran | setup |

As nouns the difference between ran and setup

is that ran is a robbery (act or practice of robbing) while setup is equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

As a verb setup is

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ran

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (run)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nautical) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl) ran

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Open robbery.
    • (Lambarde)
    (Webster 1913)

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    setup

    English

    Alternative forms

    * set-up

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia setup)
  • Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
    • The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.
  • The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
    • The classroom setup was simple and efficient.
  • An act to frame someone; an effort or arrangement aimed at placing the blame on somebody.
    • Trust me, that was a setup !
  • (computing) An installer.
    • After inserting the disk, run the setup .
  • (operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
    • A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.

    Synonyms

    * (equipment) apparatus * (the fashion in which something is organized or arranged) configuration

    Related terms

    * set up, the adjective and verb

    Verb

    (head)

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