Thumbnail vs Zip - What's the difference?
thumbnail | zip |
The fingernail on the thumb.
A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail).
(chiefly, computing) A small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image.
The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Energy; vigor; vim.
(British, NZ) A zip fastener.
Zero; nothing.
A trip on a zipline.
(computing, informal) A zip file.
To close with a zip fastener.
(figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
(computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
(followed by a preposition ) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
(colloquial) (followed by a preposition ) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
To make (something) move quickly
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To travel on a zipline.
(US) Shortened form of ZIP code, the US postal code.
(US) Any postal code, for any country.
As nouns the difference between thumbnail and zip
is that thumbnail is the fingernail on the thumb while zip is a common file format for data compression.As a verb thumbnail
is to describe concisely.thumbnail
English
Noun
(en noun)See also
* (3): icon, thumbshotExternal links
*Maven's Word of the Day, December 11, 1997*
zip
English
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (sound) whizz, zing * (fastener) slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US )Synonyms
* whee!, whizz!, zing!Verb
- zip one's lip
- The bullet zipped through the air.
- Zip down to the shops for some milk.
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