Static vs Statue - What's the difference?
static | statue |
Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
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(programming) Occupying fixed memory, allocated when a program is loaded.
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.
A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
* Shakespeare
(dated) A portrait.
To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
* Feltham
As nouns the difference between static and statue
is that static is interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television while statue is a three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.As an adjective static
is unchanging; that cannot or does not change.As a verb statue is
to form a statue of; to make into a statue.static
English
Alternative forms
* statickAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* stable * (Having no motion) stillAntonyms
* (Unchanging) dynamic * (Having no motion) dynamic, kinetic, mobile * (computing) dynamicDerived terms
* hydrostatic * statical * staticityNoun
(-)Anagrams
*statue
English
Noun
(en noun)- I will raise her statue in pure gold.
- (Massinger)
Hypernyms
* image, sculpture, simulacrumHyponyms
* bust, figurineDerived terms
* statued * statuelike * statuesqueVerb
(statu)- The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.