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Tracer vs Tracery - What's the difference?

tracer | tracery |

As nouns the difference between tracer and tracery

is that tracer is a chemical used to track the progress or history of a natural process while tracery is bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.

tracer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A chemical used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
  • A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
  • The act of tracking or investigating something.
  • A person who traces something.

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    tracery

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tracery) (traceries)
  • (architecture) bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.
  • A delicate interlacing of lines reminding of the architectural ornament.
  • *1881 , :
  • *:He is homesick for the hale rough weather; for the tracery of the frost upon his window- panes at morning, the reluctant descent of the first flakes, and the white roofs relieved against the sombre sky.