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Visor vs Canopy - What's the difference?

visor | canopy |

As nouns the difference between visor and canopy

is that visor is a part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face the openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it while canopy is a high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

As a verb canopy is

to cover with or as if with a canopy.

visor

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Noun

(wikipedia visor) (en noun)
  • A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 7:
  • A close helmet entirely covers the head, face, and neck, having on the front perforations for the admission of air, and slits through which the wearer may see objects around him, this part which is stiled the visor lifts up by means of a pivot over each ear.
  • A mask used to disfigure or disguise.
  • * 1608 , William Shakspeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre , Act IV, Scene IV, line 44.
  • No visor does become black villainy So well as soft and tender flattery.
  • The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
  • canopy

    English

    Noun

    (canopies)
  • A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
  • * Dryden
  • golden canopies and beds of state
  • Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
  • The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
  • In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
  • In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To cover with or as if with a canopy.
  • * Milton
  • A bank with ivy canopied .
  • To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
  • See also

    * canopied * canopy bed English eponyms