Wall vs Window - What's the difference?
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A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
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A point of defeat or extinction.
An impediment to free movement.
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A type of butterfly (Lasiommata megera ).
A barrier.
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A barrier to vision.
Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.
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A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
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(lb) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. Also called a chandelier.
(lb) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
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To enclose with a wall
To enclose by surrounding with walls.
To separate with a wall
To seal with a wall
An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
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*:A window is an opening in a wall to admit light and air.
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, chapter=14 An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside.
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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
(lb) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
A period of time when something is available.
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(lb) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes.
A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
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To furnish with windows.
To place at or in a window.
As a proper noun wall
is or wall can be (astronomy) a chinese constellation located near pegasus and andromeda, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger black turtle.As a noun window is
an opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.As a verb window is
to furnish with windows.wall
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall . Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.}}
Blackburn 2-0 West Brom, passage=Blackburn were the recipients of another dose of fortune when from another Thomas pass Odemwingie was brought down by Jones inside the penalty area, but referee Mark Clattenburg awarded a free-kick which Chris Brunt slammed into the wall .}}
Synonyms
* (fictional bidder at an auction) chandelierVerb
(en verb)- He walled the study with books.
- They had walled in the garden
- The previous owners had walled off two rooms, making an apartment.
- They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin.
Derived terms
* abdominal wall * bounce off the walls * blue wall of silence * brick wall * cell wall * climb the walls * diaphragm wall * drywall * firewall * hole-in-the-wall * paywall * retaining wall * stonewall, stone wall * up the walls * wall clock * wall fan * wall in * wall off * wall of silence * wallpaper * walls have ears * wall up * wall unitEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . See also (l).Etymology 3
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) *.Etymology 4
Statistics
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Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows , heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.}}
Coordinate terms
* doorDerived terms
* bay window * bow window * cabinet window * casement window * Catherine-wheel window * compass window * dormer window * electric window * French window, french window * gable window * garret window * go out of the window, go out the window * Jesse window * Judas window, judas window * lancet window * lattice window * launch window * loop-window * low side window * lucarne window * luthern-window * maintenance window * mezzanine window * mullion window * Norman window * ogive window * oriel window * picture window * re-entry window * rose window * sash window * shop window * show window * storm window * therapeutic window * transfer window * transom window * trap window * trellis window * weather window * window bar * window blind * window box * window cleaner * window curtain * window display * window dresser * window-dressing * windowed * window envelope * window frame * windowfront * window gardening * window glass * windowing * window ledge * windowless * window manager * window of opportunity * window pane, windowpane * window plant * Windows * window sash * window screen * window seat * window-shopping * window sill, windowsill * window swallow * window tax * window washerVerb
(en verb)- Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see / Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down / His corrigible neck? — Shakespeare.