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Strum vs Scrum - What's the difference?

strum | scrum |

As a verb strum

is to play a guitar or other stringed instrument using various strings simultaneously.

As a noun strum

is the sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.

As a proper noun scrum is

(software|development) an iterative and incremental agile software development method for managing software projects and product or application development.

strum

English

Verb

(strumm)
  • To play a guitar or other stringed instrument using various strings simultaneously.

    • Derived terms

    * strummer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
  • The act of strumming.

    • Anagrams

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    scrum

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
    • ''A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.
  • (Canada) Specifically used in the Canadian media to describe a tightly-packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons while in the Parliament Buildings.
    • ''A scrum formed around Scott Brison shortly after he announced his candidacy for the federal Liberal leadership.
  • (senseid) (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage.
  • In (Agile software development), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.

    • See also

    * ruck, maul, scrum-half * Wikipedia article on ----