Shipwreck vs Grounding - What's the difference?
shipwreck | grounding |
A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
(figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
* Bible, 1 Timothy 1. 19
* J. Morley
The return to a fully conscious state after a psychedelic experience.
The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water.
The permanence of aircraft on land because of government action.
(electrical engineering) The interconnecting metal chassis/frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the Service Panel. The conductor may be bare or covered (with green plastic which may have a yellow stripe (US).) This conductor does NOT carry current in normal operation.
The absorption of energy through visualized "roots" descending from oneself into the ground, using Qi.
The act by which a child is grounded (forbidden from going out).
As nouns the difference between shipwreck and grounding
is that shipwreck is a ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy while grounding is the return to a fully conscious state after a psychedelic experience.As verbs the difference between shipwreck and grounding
is that shipwreck is to wreck a boat through a collision or mishap while grounding is .shipwreck
English
(wikipedia shipwreck)Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- (Dryden)
- Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck .
- It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck .