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Turndown vs Turnout - What's the difference?

turndown | turnout |

As nouns the difference between turndown and turnout

is that turndown is a downturn while turnout is attendance; crowd.

turndown

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A downturn
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 3, Amy Zipkin, Drugstores, Too, Feel Recession Pain, New York Times citation
    • , passage=In past recessions, drugstores were virtually immune from a turndown . }}
  • (hotels) The service of turning down the bedcovers and often leaving chocolates etc. on the pillow.

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    turnout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • attendance; crowd
    • This restaurant had a pretty good turnout for a Wednesday night.
  • (US) a place to pull off a road
    • When towing a trailer, use the turnouts to let faster traffic pass.
  • (rail transport, chiefly, US) a place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points

    • Synonyms

    * (roadside area) lay-by

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