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Rom vs Rum - What's the difference?

rom | rum |

Rum is a alternative form of rom.



As nouns the difference between rom and rum

is that rom is a member of the Romani people while rum is a distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

As adjectives the difference between rom and rum

is that rom is romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people while rum is fine, excellent, valuable.

As an acronym ROM

is read-only memory.

As a proper noun Rom

is The ethnic designation used by the Romani people from Eastern Europe.

rom

English

(wikipedia ROM)

Acronym

(Acronym) (head)
  • (electronics, computing) read-only memory.
  • (video games) A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
  • (medical) range of motion
  • (finance) Return on Margin.
  • (estimating and purchasing) Rough order of magnitude. An informal cost or price estimate provided for planning and budgeting purposes only, typically expected to be only 75% accurate.

    • Derived terms

    * PROM * EPROM * EEPROM

    Related terms

    * RAM * flash memory

    See also

    * WORM

    Anagrams

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    rum

    English

    (wikipedia rum)

    Etymology 1

    Perhaps shortened from rumbullion.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses
    • The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.
  • (countable) A serving of rum
    • Jake tossed down three rums .
  • (countable) A kind or brand of rum
    • Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums .
  • (obsolete, slang) A queer or odd person or thing.
  • (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums .

    Etymology 2

    Formerly rome'', a slang word for ''good ; possibly of Romany origin; compare .

    Adjective

    (rummer)
  • (obsolete) fine, excellent, valuable
  • (British, colloquial, dated) strange, peculiar
    • a rum''' idea; a '''rum fellow
    (Dickens)
    Synonyms
    *

    See also

    * rum go

    Quotations

    * 1951 , , Google Books *: "Can't you see him?" *: "Well, I almost thought I did—for a moment. It's such a rum light." * 1976 , , All Things Wise and Wonderful , page 346 *: "She's as 'appy as Larry, but she'll neither move nor eat. It's a rum' 'un, isn't it?" It was very ' rum indeed.

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