Vacuum vs Magnet - What's the difference?
vacuum | magnet |
A region of space that contains no matter.
A vacuum cleaner.
The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.
A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
(informal, figuratively, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
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As nouns the difference between vacuum and magnet
is that vacuum is (rare|chiefly|netherlands) while magnet is magnet.vacuum
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Alternative forms
* (rare)Noun
(wikipedia vacuum) (en-noun)- a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch
Usage notes
* In the sense of "a region of space that contains no matter", the plural of vacuum' is either '''vacua''' or '''vacuums'''. In the sense of a "vacuum cleaner" ' vacuums is the only plural. * The Latin in vacuo'' is sometimes used instead of ''in a vacuum (in free space).Synonyms
* (vacuum cleaner) hoover (British )Antonyms
* (region of space that contains no matter) plenumDerived terms
* power vacuum * vacuum brake * vacuum cleaner * vacuum pan * vacuum valveSynonyms
* (transitive sense) to hoover (British) * (intransitive sense) to do the hoovering, to hoover (British)magnet
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Noun
(wikipedia magnet) (en noun)- He always had a girl on his arm - he's a bit of a babe-magnet .
- ...I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season.