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Streak vs Girdle - What's the difference?

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Streak is a related term of girdle.


In lang=en terms the difference between streak and girdle

is that streak is to move very swiftly while girdle is to kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

As nouns the difference between streak and girdle

is that streak is an irregular line left from smearing or motion while girdle is that which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.

As verbs the difference between streak and girdle

is that streak is to have or obtain streaks while girdle is to gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.

streak

English

(wikipedia streak)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
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    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
  • A continuous series of like events.
  • The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
  • A moth of the family Geometridae .
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  • A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
  • (shipbuilding) A strake.
  • A rung or round of a ladder.

    • Derived terms

    * streak of good luck

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To have or obtain streaks.
    • If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.
  • (slang) To run naked in public.
    • It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.
  • To create streaks.
    • You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
  • To move very swiftly.
  • (obsolete, UK, Scotland) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

    • See also

    * losing streak * streaker * winning streak * talk a blue streak

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    girdle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
  • * Shakespeare
    • within the girdle of these walls
  • A belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
  • * Bible, Revelations xv. 6
    • their breasts girded with golden girdles
  • The zodiac; also, the equator.
  • * Campbell
    • that gems the starry girdle of the year
  • * Cowper
    • from the world's girdle to the frozen pole
    (Francis Bacon)
  • The line of greatest circumference of a diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
    • (Knight)
  • (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
    • (Raymond)
  • The clitellum of an earthworm.
  • (Scottish, Northern English)

    • Verb

    (girdl)
  • To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
  • To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

    • Anagrams

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