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Trend vs Driver - What's the difference?

trend | driver |

In nautical terms the difference between trend and driver

is that trend is the angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor while driver is a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.

As nouns the difference between trend and driver

is that trend is an inclination in a particular direction while driver is one who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.

As a verb trend

is to have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.

As a proper noun Driver is

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trend

English

(wikipedia trend)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Akin to (etyl) trinde "ball", (etyl) tryndel "circle, ring". More at (l), (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • An inclination in a particular direction.
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  • A tendency.
  • A fad or fashion style.
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  • (label) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
  • (nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
  • (nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
  • Verb

  • To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
  • The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
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  • To cause to turn; to bend.
  • * W. Browne
  • Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends / Her silver stream.
  • (Internet, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
  • What topics have been trending on social networks this week?
    Derived terms
    * betrend * trendy

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK, dialect, dated) clean wool
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cleanse, as wool.
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    driver

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive .
  • Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive .
  • A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
  • A person who drives some other vehicle.
  • (computing) A program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
  • (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
  • (nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
  • Derived terms

    * back-seat driver * driver-ant * driver-boom * driverless * driverside * driver's license * driver transistor * driver tube * driver valve * driver-yard * in the driver's seat * pile-driver * screwdriver

    See also

    * chauffeur * conductor * pilot * rider ----