Rasp vs Ramp - What's the difference?
rasp | ramp |
A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
(obsolete) The raspberry.
* Francis Bacon
To use a rasp.
To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
To work something with a rasp.
(figurative) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
(aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport
(aviation) A place where an aircraft parks, next to a terminal, for loading and unloading (see also apron)
(skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
A speed bump
To behave violently; to rage.
To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
* Spenser
To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
* Ray
To stand in a rampant position. (rfex)
To change value, often at a steady rate
* 2007 , Sean Meyn, Control Techniques for Complex Networks (page 285)
* 2011 , Sheng Liu, Yong Liu, Modeling and Simulation for Microelectronic Packaging Assembly
An American plant, , related to the onion; a wild leek.
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(Appalachia) A promiscuous man or woman; a general insult for a worthless person.
In intransitive terms the difference between rasp and ramp
is that rasp is to make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps while ramp is to change value, often at a steady rate.rasp
English
(wikipedia rasp)Noun
(en noun)- the rasp of her perpetual cough
- Set sorrel amongst rasps , and the rasps will be smaller.
Hypernyms
*Verb
- to rasp''' wood to make it smooth; to '''rasp bones to powder
- Some sounds rasp the ear.
- His insults rasped my temper.
Anagrams
* * * ----ramp
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) rampe, back-formation of (etyl) ramper, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* boat rampVerb
(en verb)- Their bridles they would champ, / And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp .
- With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height.
- If Q(t)'' < ''qp'' then primary generation ramps up at maximal rate, subject to the constraint that ''Q(t) does not exceed this threshold.
- The forces are ramped down gradually to ensure that element removal has a smooth effect on the model.
