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String vs Strand - What's the difference?

string | strand |

In transitive terms the difference between string and strand

is that string is to put strings on (something) while strand is to break a strand of (a rope).

As a proper noun Strand is

a street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street.

string

English

Noun

  • (countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
  • * Prior
    • Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string .
  • (uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.
  • (countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
    • a violin string
    a bowstring
  • A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
    • a string''' of shells or beads; a '''string of sausages
  • * Gibbon
    • a string of islands
  • (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
    • The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive
  • (countable) A series of items or events.
    • a string of successes
  • (countable, computing) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
  • (music, countable) A stringed instrument.
  • (music, usually in plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
  • (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collecively. (compare no strings attached)
    • no strings attached
  • (countable, physics) the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics
  • (slang) cannabis or marijuana
  • A miniature game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
  • The points made in a game of billiards.
  • A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
    • (Milton)
  • A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom.
  • A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
  • * Bible, Mark vii. 35
    • The string of his tongue was loosed.
  • (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
  • (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
    • the strings of beans
  • (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
    • (Ure)
  • (architecture) A stringcourse.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * score string * second string

    Synonyms

    * (long, thin structure): cord, rope, line * (this structure as a substance): cord, rope, twine * (anything long and thin): * (cohesive substance in the form of a string): * (series of items or events): sequence, series * (sequence of characters in computing): * (stringed instruments): string section the strings, or the string section * (conditions): conditions, provisos

    Descendants

    * Portuguese:

    Verb

  • To put (items) on a string.
    • You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
  • To put strings on (something).
    • It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.

    Synonyms

    * (put on a string): thread * (put strings on): lace

    Derived terms

    * cosmic string * heartstrings * string along * string band * string quartet * string up * string vest * stringy

    External links

    * (wikipedia "string") * ----

    strand

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) strand, strond, from (etyl) . Cognate with West Frisian straun, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
    • Grand Strand
  • The shore or beach of a lake or river.
  • A small brook or rivulet.
  • A passage for water; gutter.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To run aground; to beach.
  • (figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
  • (baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
    • Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.
    Synonyms
    * (run aground) beach * (leave someone in a difficult situation) abandon, desert

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain. Cognate with (etyl) stran, strawn, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
  • A string.
  • An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
    • strand of spaghetti
    strand of hair .
  • (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
  • (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
    • strand of truth
  • ( genetics) A nucleotide chain.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * do the strand

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break a strand of (a rope).
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