Relay vs Hurdle - What's the difference?
relay | hurdle |
(by extension) A new set of anything.
* Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
(athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. Most common events are 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter competitions.
(electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
(obsolete, intransitive, hunting) To release a new set of hounds.
To pass on or transfer (information).
An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
(senseid)A perceived obstacle.
A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
* 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 4, p. 414.
(UK, obsolete) A sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
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To jump over something while running.
To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
To overcome an obstacle.
To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
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As nouns the difference between relay and hurdle
is that relay is a new set of hounds while hurdle is an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.As verbs the difference between relay and hurdle
is that relay is to release a new set of hounds while hurdle is to jump over something while running.relay
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , of uncertain origin.Noun
(en noun)- There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.
Derived terms
* relay raceVerb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (to relay a message) conveyEtymology 2
hurdle
English
Noun
(en noun)- The practice of folding sheep was general, and the purchase of hurdles was a regular charge in the shepherd's account.
- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(hurdl)- He hurdled the bench in his rush to get away.
- (Milton)
