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Strafe vs Strake - What's the difference?

strafe | strake |

As nouns the difference between strafe and strake

is that strafe is punishment while strake is (obsolete) an iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.

As a verb strake is

(obsolete) to stretch [akin to old english: streccan] or strake can be (obsolete) (strike).

strafe

English

Verb

(straf)
  • To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft.
  • (video games) to sidestep; to move sideways without turning. A core mechanic of most first-person shooters.
  • * 2001 , Jana Hallford, Swords and circuitry: a designer's guide to computer role playing games
    • If the NPC is close to the player, he may also try using the tried-and-true Quake circle-strafing technique.
  • * 2007 , Stephen Cawood, Pat McGee, Microsoft XNA Game Studio Creator's Guide
    • A strafe is a side-to-side camera movement. If you're a fan of first-person shooter games, you know how fundamental strafing can be to a game.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.
  • (video games) A sideways movement without turning.
  • * 2004 , Marc Saltzman, Game Creation and Careers: Insider Secrets from Industry Experts
    • We also have added a new game control called the "defensive strafe ," in which the user can press a button and stay facing forward.

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    strake

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.
  • *
  • (aviation) A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.
  • (nautical, archaic) A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).
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  • (engineering) A shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell
  • A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
  • (obsolete) A streak.
    • (Spenser)
    Usage notes
    * (nautical) The planks or plates next to the keel are called the garboard strakes''; the next, or the heavy strakes at the bilge, are the ''bilge strakes''; the next, from the water line to the lower port sill, the ''wales''; and the upper parts of the sides, the ''sheer strakes .

    Verb

    (strak)
  • (obsolete) To stretch [akin to Old English: streccan].

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (strike)
    • (Spenser)

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