Tempo vs Temple - What's the difference?
tempo | temple |
a frequency or rate
a move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)
The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)
A small truck of cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries)--a genericided trademark originally associated with Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH that manufactured such vehicles.
A building for worship.
(often, capitalized) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
Something regarded as holding religious presence.
Something of importance; something attended to.
(obsolete) A body.
* 1602 , (William Shakespeare), , act 1, scene 3, lines 11–14:
Hands held together with forefingers outstretched and touching pad to pad, with the rest of the fingers clasped.
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To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to.
(anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
(ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
As nouns the difference between tempo and temple
is that tempo is a frequency or rate while temple is a building for worship.As a verb temple is
to build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to.As a proper noun Temple is
a given name derived from Latin.tempo
English
Noun
(en-noun)See also
* one step aheadtemple
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) temple, from (etyl) templ, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The temple of Zeus was very large.
- My body is my temple.
- For nature crescent does not grow alone
- In thews and bulks, but as this temple waxes,
- The inward service of the mind and soul
- Grows wide withal.
Synonyms
* house of worshipDerived terms
* templelike * Temple Mount * Temple of Heaven * temple of immensityVerb
(templ)- to temple a god
- (Feltham)
