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Rocket vs Panjandrum - What's the difference?

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In context|military|lang=en terms the difference between rocket and panjandrum

is that rocket is (military) a non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine while panjandrum is (military) a massive, rocket-propelled, explosive-laden cart designed by the british military during world war ii.

As nouns the difference between rocket and panjandrum

is that rocket is a rocket engine or rocket can be the leaf vegetable eruca sativa'' or ''eruca vesicaria while panjandrum is an important, powerful or influential person.

As a verb rocket

is to accelerate swiftly and powerfully.

rocket

English

(wikipedia rocket)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rocchetta, from (etyl) . More at .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rocket engine.
  • (military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.
  • A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.
  • A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket
  • (slang) An ace (the playing card).
  • An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.
  • * 1980 , David Schoenbrun, Soldiers of the Night: The Story of , Dutton, ISBN 9780525206637, page 203,
    • While [Colonel Robert] Solborg and [Jacques] Lemaigre[-Dubreuil] were dreaming of revolts, had learned of Solborg’s insubordination and meddling. He sent him a “rocket ” ordering him out of North Africa and back to Lisbon at once. Solborg flew to Lisbon and then on to Washington to face out his problem with Donovan.
  • A blunt lance head used in jousting.
    • Derived terms
    * chemical rocket * Congreve rocket * hybrid rocket * liquid rocket * nuclear rocket * rocket belt * rocket car * rocketeer * rocket launcher * rocket plane * rocketry * rocket science * rocket ship * rocket stage * skyrocket * snot rocket * solid rocket * space rocket * thermal rocket * water rocket
    See also
    * ICBM
    References
    * Watkins, Calvert (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots'' 2nd edn., p. ,72, s.v. ''ruk- . Boston: Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 978-0-618-08250-6. * Weisenberg, Michael (2000). The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523. *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To accelerate swiftly and powerfully
  • To fly vertically
  • To rise or soar rapidly
  • To carry something in a rocket
  • To attack something with rockets

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) roquette, (etyl) ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, (etyl) eruca. Cognate to (arugula).

    Noun

    (-)
  • The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa'' or ''Eruca vesicaria .
  • rocket larkspur
    • Synonyms
    * (US) arugula * rocket salad

    panjandrum

    English

    (wikipedia panjandrum)

    Alternative forms

    * Panjandrum

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An important, powerful or influential person.
  • * 1755 , 's claim that he could accurately recite any paragraph of text after a single reading),
    • So he died, / and she very imprudently married the Barber: / and there were present / the Picninnies, / and the Joblillies, / and the Garyulies, / and the great Panjandrum himself, / with the little round button at top;
  • * 1910 , , Making of America Project, Robert S. Littell, Living age ...'' (''Littell's Living Age ), Volume 265, page 809,
    • I think it's an excellent thing that the Great Panjandrum is coming for the week-end. Have you ever met him in private?"
    I ought to explain that the Great Panjandrum was the nickname for Lord Elkindale, the then Foreign Secretary.
  • * 1917 , ,
    • But my family has served the Panjandrums' of Beotia faithfully for seven centuries. The ' Panjandrums have kept our place for us at their courts, honored us, promoted us, shed their glory on us, made us what we are.
  • A self-important or pretentious person.
  • * 1910 , ,
    • You can never imagine how delighted I was to find that instead of being the correct sort of big panjandrum you were supposed to be, you were really an old rip like papa.
  • (military) A massive, rocket-propelled, explosive-laden cart designed by the British military during World War II.
  • * 1967 , John Winton, The War At Sea, 1939-1945: An Anthology of Personal Experience , page 304,
    • The Panjandrum lurched and overturned, the crash dislodging several of the rockets, which flew low over the beach in all directions .
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2003 , author=Neil A. Downie , title=Ink Sandwiches, Electric Worms, and 37 Other Experiments for Saturday Science , chapter=14 , isbn=0801874106 , page=115 , passage=The idea was that the Panjandrum , a kind of explosion-driven Ferris wheel, would be set rotating and then released into shallow water to roll up onto enemy beaches.}}