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Tower vs Loom - What's the difference?

tower | loom |

As nouns the difference between tower and loom

is that tower is control tower (for air traffic) while loom is a utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general or loom can be (dated) loon (bird of order gaviformes ).

As a proper noun tower

is tower of london.

As a verb loom is

to impend; to threaten or hang over.

tower

English

(wikipedia tower)

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) torr, from (etyl) turris. Probably influenced by Welsh .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A structure, usually taller than it is wide, often used as a lookout, usually unsupported by guy-wires.
    • From the top of the tower we could see far off into the distance.
  • (figuratively) Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.
  • (informal) An interlocking tower.
  • (figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxi. 3
    • Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
  • (historical) A tall fashionable headdress.
  • * Hudibras
    • Lay trains of amorous intrigues / In towers , and curls, and periwigs.
  • (obsolete) High flight; elevation.
    • (Johnson)
  • The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many decks, deemed an ill omen.
    • Synonyms
    * donjon
    Derived terms
    * control tower * guardtower * interlocking tower * radio tower * siege tower * tower of Babel * towers of Hanoi * tower of strength * watchtower * water tower

    See also

    * * mast

    Verb

  • To be very tall.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Revenge of the nerds , passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}
  • To be high or lofty; to soar.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • My lord protector's hawks do tower so well.
  • (obsolete) To soar into.
    • (Milton)

    Derived terms

    * tower over

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who tows.
  • * 1933 , Henry Sturmey, ?H. Walter Staner, The Autocar
    • But as the tower and towee reached the cross-roads again, another car, negligently driven, came round the corner, hit the Morris, and severed the tow rope, sending the unfortunate car back again into the shop window

    Anagrams

    *

    loom

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lome, from (etyl) . See (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
  • A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
  • * Rambler
    • Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.
  • That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock
    • Derived terms
    * hand loom * power loom

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) loon (bird of order Gaviformes )

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to impend; to threaten or hang over.
    • The clouds loomed over the mountains.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=August 7 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Man City 2 - 3 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=With no extra-time to be played and penalties looming , the Portuguese winger pounced on some hesitant City defending to run on to a Wayne Rooney clearance, round Joe Hart and slot home.}}
  • To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
  • * J. M. Mason
    • On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.

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