Transformer vs Mot - What's the difference?
transformer | mot |
Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
(electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling. Their main use is to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows choosing most appropriate voltage for power generation, transmission and distribution separately.
A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
* N. Brit. Rev.
* 1970 , John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse , New York 2007, p. 32:
(obsolete) A word or a motto; a device.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) A note or brief strain on a bugle.
(slang, Irish English) A girl, woman or girlfriend, particularly in the Dublin area.
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As nouns the difference between transformer and mot
is that transformer is something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape while mot is a witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot or mot can be (slang|irish english) a girl, woman or girlfriend, particularly in the dublin area.transformer
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* autotransformerSee also
* metamorphosis * shape change ----mot
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) mot. Compare motto.Noun
(en noun)- Here and there turns up a savage mot .
- ‘He comes from Montreal, in Canada.’ ‘Why?’ she said, repeating Dr Johnson's mot with a forced sneer.
- (Bishop Hall)
- Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.
- (Sir Walter Scott)