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Toggle vs Accordion - What's the difference?

toggle | accordion |

As nouns the difference between toggle and accordion

is that toggle is a wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat while accordion is a small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.

As verbs the difference between toggle and accordion

is that toggle is to alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever while accordion is to fold up, in the manner of an accordion.

toggle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
  • (in particular, fashion) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
  • A toggle switch.
  • (Scouting) A circle of leather, plastic (Cub Scouts) etc, resembling a napkin holder to keep the neckerchief in place.
  • A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
  • (skydiving) A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.

    • Synonyms

    * (scouting) woggle

    Derived terms

    * toggle bolt * toggle iron * toggle joint * toggle switch

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Verb

    (toggl)
  • to alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
    • Clicking a button will alternately toggle its light on OR off.
  • to switch between alternate states.
    • toggle to lower/upper case
    You can quickly toggle the case of selected text by pressing Shift+C

    Derived terms

    * togglable, toggleable

    References

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    Anagrams

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    accordion

    English

    (wikipedia accordion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
  • * 1869 , , Innocents Abroad :
    • A disreputable accordion that had a leak somewhere and breathed louder than it squawked.
  • * , Devil’s Dictionary :
    • Accordion : an instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
  • * 1922 , , Ulysses :
    • An accordion underskirt of blue silk moirette.

    Synonyms

    * squeezebox

    Derived terms

    * accordionist * accordion player * button accordion * piano accordion * accordion file

    See also

    * bandoneon * concertina

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To fold up, in the manner of an accordion
  • * {{quote-news, year=2000, date=December 29, author=Charles Dickinson, title=Qi, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Still in reverse, she goosed the gas and accordioned the running board a fraction of an inch more. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=2005, author=, title=Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It accordioned down and he tugged the shirt around it so that it came free