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Umbrella vs Roof - What's the difference?

umbrella | roof |

As a noun umbrella

is cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.

As a verb umbrella

is to cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.

As a proper noun roof is

(astronomy) a chinese constellation located near aquarius and pegasus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger black turtle.

umbrella

English

(wikipedia umbrella)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
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  • *:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
  • Generally, anything that provides protection.
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  • Something that covers a wide range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
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  • The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
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    • Synonyms

    * (l) * (l) (colloquial) * (l) * (l)

    Derived terms

    * Japanese umbrella pine * subumbrella * umbrella bird * umbrella body * umbrella brand * umbrella fund * umbrellaless * umbrella organisation, umbrella organization * umbrella pine * umbrella plant * umbrella school * umbrella stand * umbrella term * umbrella tree

    Related terms

    * sunshade

    See also

    * awning * bumbershoot * gamp * parasol * shield

    External links

    * *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.
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  • To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
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  • To move like a sea jelly.
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    • Anagrams

    * ----

    roof

    English

    (wikipedia roof)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The cover at the top of a building.
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  • * 1931 , Robert L. May, Rudolph'', ''The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:
    • The very first sound that you’ll hear on the roof / (Provided there’s fog) will be Rudolph’s small hoof.
  • The upper part of a cavity.
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    • , title= Aston Villa 2-0 Wigan , passage=As Bent pulled away to the far post, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net.}}
  • (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

    • Usage notes

    * The plural rooves'' is uncommon and is considered by some to be incorrect, though it is parallel to more common plurals like ''hooves'' and ''staves. * In referring to the top of a building, refers both to the object itself (“the roof was blown off in the tornado”) and to the location of being on the roof (“it can be dangerous to go on the roof to fix the antenna”). In the later sense (of “location”) it is often used attributively, largely interchangeably with rooftop.

    Synonyms

    * (cover at top of building) , thatch * (in a cavity)

    Derived terms

    * barrel roof * built-up roof * burn the roof * coach roof * hip roof * hit the roof * mansard roof * raise the roof * rooftop * rooftree * shed roof * single-ply roof * steep-slope roof * sunroof * through the roof

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or furnish with a roof.

    • Derived terms

    * roofer * unroof