Wellknown vs Stripe - What's the difference?
wellknown | stripe |
(nonstandard)
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 1, author=Mike Peed, title=The Persistence of Guilt, work=New York Times
, passage=Elie Wiesel has become so wellknown a crusader against hatred, violence and persecution that one can forget he has also been, from the beginning, a writer. }}
A long, straight region of a single colour.
(in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
(informal) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
A long narrow mark left by striking with a lash or rod; by extension, such a stroke.
* Bible, Deuteronomy xxv. 3
* Thomson
* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
(weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
To mark with stripes.
(computing) To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.
As an adjective wellknown
is (nonstandard).As a noun stripe is
a long, straight region of a single colour.As a verb stripe is
to mark with stripes.wellknown
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stripe
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(wikipedia stripe)Noun
(en noun)- persons of the same political stripe
- Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
- Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes .
- Thou most lying slave, / Whom stripes may move, not kindness!