Fascia vs Sinew - What's the difference?
fascia | sinew |
A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
A broad well-defined band of color.
A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
A sash worn by certain members of the Catholic and Anglican churches.
The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.
(UK) A dashboard.
(anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
(obsolete) A nerve.
(figuratively) Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power.
A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.
(figuratively) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor; mainstay; source of strength (often plural).
* Shakespeare
* Sir Walter Raleigh
To knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
* Goldsmith
As nouns the difference between fascia and sinew
is that fascia is a wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing while sinew is a cord or tendon of the body.As a verb sinew is
to knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.fascia
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Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* fascialUsage notes
* The plural fascias is used for the first five definitions while fasciae is used for the sixth.Anagrams
* * ----sinew
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Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry.
- The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war.
Derived terms
* sinewyVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
- Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger.