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Sinew vs Meridian - What's the difference?

sinew | meridian |

As nouns the difference between sinew and meridian

is that sinew is a cord or tendon of the body while meridian is an imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.

As a verb sinew

is to knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.

As an adjective meridian is

meridional; relating to a meridian.

As a proper noun Meridian is

a CDP in Colorado.

sinew

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
  • (obsolete) A nerve.
  • (figuratively) Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power.
  • A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.
  • (figuratively) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor; mainstay; source of strength (often plural).
  • * Shakespeare
    • The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war.

    Derived terms

    * sinewy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • * Goldsmith
    • Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger.

    Anagrams

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    meridian

    English

    (wikipedia meridian)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.
  • Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude.
  • (astronomy) A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular observer.
  • (mathematics) A similar line on any general surface of revolution.
  • (alternative medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed.
  • The highest point, as of success, prosperity, etc.; culmination.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, / And from that full meridian of my glory / I haste now to my setting.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Meridional; relating to a meridian.
  • Relating to noon
  • Relating to the highest point or culmination.
    • meridian splendour

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