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Legacy vs Hero - What's the difference?

legacy | hero |

As a noun legacy

is (legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.

As an adjective legacy

is (computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain.

As a proper noun hero is

(greekmyth) any of a number of legendary men and women, including the priestess loved by leander.

legacy

English

Noun

(legacies)
  • (legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will
  • Something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage
    • left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.
  • The descendant of an alumnus
    • Because she was a legacy , her mother's sorority rushed her.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain
  • left behind; old or no longer in active use
    • They expect it to take years to process and import all the legacy data.
    ''A legacy number or legacy identifier means a number no longer in use (for a document, for example)."

    hero

    English

    (wikipedia hero)

    Alternative forms

    * heros

    Noun

    (es)
  • (rfc-sense) A real or mythical person of great bravery who carries out extraordinary deeds.
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  • A role model.
  • The main protagonist in a work of fiction.
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  • A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
  • (food styling, chiefly, attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.
  • * 2003 , Solomon H. Katz, William Woys Weaver, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
    • The preparation of the hero food involves any number of specialized techniques food stylists have developed to deal with the demands of photographing food.
  • * 2008 , Linda Bellingham, Jean Ann Bybee, Brad G. Rogers, Food Styling for Photographers (page 8)
    • Protect the hero food. Whether the hero items are on a table in the studio or in the refrigerator, freezer, etc., be sure they are identified as hero items and not for consumption.
  • * 2008 , David Random, Defying Gravity (page 24)
    • The food stylists this day had spent inordinate amounts of time preparing the hero product for a close-up scene.

    Synonyms

    * see * (sandwich) grinder, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, po' boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge

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