Windlass vs Connote - What's the difference?
windlass | connote |
Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
* 1599 , , Ham II. i. 65:
An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.
To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.
To express without overt reference; to imply.
To require as a logical predicate to consequence.
As verbs the difference between windlass and connote
is that windlass is to raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass while connote is to signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.As a noun windlass
is any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights.windlass
English
(wikipedia windlass)Noun
(es)- With windlasses and with assays of bias, / By indirections find directions out.
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Verb
- (The Century)
- (Hammond)
connote
English
Verb
(connot)- Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.
- Poverty connotes hunger.
