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Tie vs Binder - What's the difference?

tie | binder |

As nouns the difference between tie and binder

is that tie is key while binder is girder, tie.

tie

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A knot; a fastening.
  • A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
  • (Young)
  • A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
  • The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
  • It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.
  • A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
  • A strong connection between people or groups of people; a bond.
  • the sacred ties''' of friendship or of duty; the '''ties of allegiance
  • * Young
  • No distance breaks the tie of blood.
  • (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
  • Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.
  • (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
  • (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different to a draw).
  • (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
  • The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.
  • (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes (not to be confused with a slur).
  • (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
  • (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
  • (graph theory) connection between two vertices.
  • Usage notes
    * In cricket, a tie'' and a ''draw are not the same. See .
    Synonyms
    * (situation where one or more participants in a competition are placed equally) draw * (horizontal member that supports railway lines) sleeper (British)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , (m).

    Verb

  • To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
  • Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.
    Tie the rope to this tree.
  • To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
  • Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.
  • To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
  • Tie him to the tree.
  • * Fairfax
  • In bond of virtuous love together tied .
  • To secure (something) by string or the like.
  • Tie your shoes.
  • * Dryden
  • Not tied to rules of policy, you find / Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind.
  • (transitive, or, intransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
  • They tied for third place.
    They tied the game.
  • (US) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
  • He tied me for third place.
  • (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
  • Synonyms
    * fasten
    Antonyms
    * unfasten * untie
    Derived terms
    * tie down * tie-in, tie in * tie the knot * tie up

    Anagrams

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    binder

    English

    (wikipedia binder)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who binds, particularly someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
  • A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc.
  • Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
  • (programming) A software mechanism that performs binding.
  • * 2004 , Paul Vick, The Visual Basic .NET Programming Language (page 389)
  • The runtime binder considers inheritance and name hiding, and does overload resolution.
  • A dossier.
  • (agriculture) A machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle.
  • (chemistry) A chemical that causes two other substances to form into one.
  • (legal) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
  • A rubber band.
  • Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.
  • Derived terms

    * binder clip * ring binder

    Anagrams

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