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Sands vs Static - What's the difference?

sands | static |

As nouns the difference between sands and static

is that sands is while static is interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.

As an adjective static is

unchanging; that cannot or does not change.

sands

English

Noun

(head)
  • sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass, from which
  • (figuratively) a unit of time.
  • The sands of a lifetime are rapidly running out.
  • (figuratively) a desert
  • We were lost in the sands of Arabia.

    Derived terms

    * sands of time

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sand)
  • ----

    static

    English

    Alternative forms

    * statick

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
  • Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
  • *
  • (programming) Occupying fixed memory, allocated when a program is loaded.
  • Synonyms

    * stable * (Having no motion) still

    Antonyms

    * (Unchanging) dynamic * (Having no motion) dynamic, kinetic, mobile * (computing) dynamic

    Derived terms

    * hydrostatic * statical * staticity

    Noun

    (-)
  • Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
  • (by extension) Interference or obstruction from people.
  • Something that is not part of any perceived universe phenomena; having no motion; no particle; no wavelength.
  • Static electricity.
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