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Rhombus vs Bullroarer - What's the difference?

rhombus | bullroarer | Synonyms |

Bullroarer is a synonym of rhombus.



As nouns the difference between rhombus and bullroarer

is that rhombus is any of several flatfishes once considered part of the genus {{taxlink|Rhombus|genus|nomul=1}} while bullroarer is an ancient ritual musical instrument and means of communicating over extended distances, dating back to the Paleolithic period.

rhombus

English

(fish) (wikipedia rhombus)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • * 1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , I:
    • the greedy Tuberon'' or ''Shark'' arm'd with a double row of venemous teeth pursues them, directed by a little ''Rhombus'' , ''Musculus or pilot-fish that scuds to and fro to bring intelligence [...].
  • (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. it is a square with the corners pulled so the angles are all acute

    • Synonyms

    * (geometry) diamond (not in technical use''), lozenge (''if not square ), rhomb

    Related terms

    * rhombic * rhomboid

    bullroarer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bull roarer * bull-roarer

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia bullroarer)
  • An ancient ritual musical instrument and means of communicating over extended distances, dating back to the Paleolithic period.

    • Synonyms

    * rhombus * thunder stick * turndun * whizzing stick

    Hypernyms

    * musical instrument