Timepiece vs Horologe - What's the difference?
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Any device that measures or registers time; a clock or watch, especially one lacking a chime or other striking mechanism.
(obsolete) A clock or watch.
* 1597': He'll watch the '''horologe a double set, If drink rock not his cradle. — Shakespeare, ''
*1843 , (Thomas Carlyle), '', book 3, ch. II, ''Gospel of Mammonism
Timepiece is a related term of horologe.
As nouns the difference between timepiece and horologe
is that timepiece is any device that measures or registers time; a clock or watch, especially one lacking a chime or other striking mechanism while horologe is (obsolete) a clock or watch.timepiece
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(en noun)Usage notes
* Strictly, a timepiece is a timekeeping instrument that lacks a striking mechanism (e.g., a bell, chimes, or gong) to announce the passage of time. One with a striking mechanism is a clock. Although this traditional distinction is overlooked by some, it is commonly noted in dictionaries, glossaries of clock terms, and reference books on clocks, in addition to being widely maintained among knowledgeable collectors, major auction houses, horological museums, and watch manufacturers.horologe
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(en noun)Othello, ii 3
- A SOUL is not like wind (spiritus'', or breath) contained within a capsule; the ALMIGHTY MAKER is not like a Clockmaker that once, in old immemorial ages, having ''made'' his Horologe of a Universe, sits ever since and sees it go! Not at all. Hence comes Atheism; come, as we say, many other ''isms […]
