Vacuum vs Evacuated - What's the difference?
vacuum | evacuated |
A region of space that contains no matter.
A vacuum cleaner.
The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.
Having had population removed, by evacuation.
Containing a vacuum.
(evacuate)
As verbs the difference between vacuum and evacuated
is that vacuum is to clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner while evacuated is (evacuate).As a noun vacuum
is a region of space that contains no matter.As an adjective evacuated is
having had population removed, by evacuation.vacuum
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Alternative forms
* (rare)Noun
(wikipedia vacuum) (en-noun)- a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch
Usage notes
* In the sense of "a region of space that contains no matter", the plural of vacuum' is either '''vacua''' or '''vacuums'''. In the sense of a "vacuum cleaner" ' vacuums is the only plural. * The Latin in vacuo'' is sometimes used instead of ''in a vacuum (in free space).Synonyms
* (vacuum cleaner) hoover (British )Antonyms
* (region of space that contains no matter) plenumDerived terms
* power vacuum * vacuum brake * vacuum cleaner * vacuum pan * vacuum valveSynonyms
* (transitive sense) to hoover (British) * (intransitive sense) to do the hoovering, to hoover (British)evacuated
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The evacuated flask imploded with a pop when it could no longer stand the outside air pressure.