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As nouns the difference between study and chamber

is that study is (label) a state of mental perplexity or worried thought while chamber is the luxembourgish parliament (officially known by the french name of “chambre des ”).

As a verb study

is (usually|academic) to revise materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.

study

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (usually, academic) To revise materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
    • Students are expected to start studying for final exams in March.
    I need to study my biology notes.
  • (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.
    • I study medicine at the university.
  • To acquire knowledge on a subject.
    • Biologists study living things.
  • To look at minutely.
    • He studied the map in preparation for the hike.
  • To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • I found a moral first, and then studied for a fable.
  • To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
  • * Bible, 1 Thessalonians iv. 11
    • And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you

    Synonyms

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    Noun

    (studies)
  • (label) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
  • *:
  • *:wel said the kynge thow mayst take myn hors by force but and I my?te preue the whether thow were better on horsbak or I / wel said the knyght seke me here whan thow wolt and here nygh this wel thow shalt fynde me / and soo passyd on his weye / thenne the kyng sat in a study and bad his men fetche his hors as faste as euer they myghte
  • (label) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.
  • :
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:Just men they seemed, and all their study bent / To worship God aright, and know his works.
  • Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
  • :
  • *1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
  • *:During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study ; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
  • *1699 , , Heads designed for an essay on conversations
  • *:Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=John T. Jost
    • , volume=100, issue=2, page=162, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)? , passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.}}
  • The act of studying; examination.
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  • Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
  • *(William Law) (1686-1761)
  • *:The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study .
  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:The proper study of mankind is man.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:
  • (senseid)A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
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  • *(Nathaniel Hawthorne) (1804-1864)
  • *:his cheery little study
  • An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
  • :
  • (label) A piece for special practice; an .

    • Synonyms

    * (private male room) cabinet, closet (archaic)

    Coordinate terms

    * (private male room) boudoir (female equivalent)

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * brown study

    Related terms

    * student * studious

    Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    chamber

    English

    (wikipedia chamber)

    Alternative forms

    * chambre (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room.
  • * 1845, ,
    • Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
    Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
    While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
    As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
  • An enclosed space.
    • the chamber''' of a canal lock; the '''chamber''' of a furnace; the '''chamber of the eye
    A ''test chamber'' is typically a closable case where devices under test are placed.
  • (firearms) The portion of the weapon that holds the ammunition round immediately prior to (and during initiation of) its discharge; each of the cylindrical compartments of a revolver that can hold a bullet
    • Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.
  • One of the legislative bodies in a government where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others.
    • The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber .
  • A law office in a building housing several such offices, typically the office of a barrister in the United Kingdom or in the imagination of an African scammer.
  • (dated, in the plural) Apartments in a lodging house.
  • * Thackeray
    • a bachelor's life in chambers
  • (obsolete) A chamber pot.
  • (historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.

    • Derived terms

    * torture chamber

    Related terms

    * bubble chamber * chamberlain * chambermaid * chamber music * chamber of commerce * chamber pot * cloud chamber * in chambers * Wilson chamber

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To enclose in a room.
    • She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.
  • To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
  • * 1893 , Publications of the Scottish History Society (volume 14, page 64)
    • I chambered with Alexander Preston.
  • To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
    • The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.
  • To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
    • The rifle was originally chambered for 9MM, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.
  • In martial arts, to prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
    • Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila struck first.
  • (obsolete) To be lascivious.

    • Anagrams

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