different between button vs coupon
button
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?b?tn?/, /?b?t?n/, [?b??n?], [?b??t?n?]
- Rhymes: -?t?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English boton, botoun, from Old French boton (Modern French bouton), from Old French bouter, boter (“to push; thrust”), ultimately from a Germanic language. More at butt.
Noun
button (plural buttons)
- A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. [from the mid-13th c.]
- A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
- (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
- (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
- (botany) A bud.
- The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
- (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
- (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
- (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
- (archaic) A person who acts as a decoy.
- A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
- (aviation) The end of a runway.
- 1984, Synopses of Aircraft Accidents: Civil Aircraft in Canada (page 42)
- In attempting to touch down on the button of the runway, he misjudged his altitude and struck a pile of rocks short of the runway. The right wheel was torn off and the gear leg bent backwards.
- 1999, Les Morrison, Of Luck and War (page 69)
- The second and slightly higher aircraft on the approach showed no reaction to this barrage of pyrotechnics and continued blissfully down toward the button of the runway.
- 1984, Synopses of Aircraft Accidents: Civil Aircraft in Canada (page 42)
- (South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
- A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
- A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
- A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
- A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
- (Britain, archaic) A unit of length equal to 1?12 inch.
- The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
- (lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
- (lutherie) Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.
- (lutherie, bowmaking) Synonym of adjuster.
- The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
- (comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
- (slang) A button man; a professional assassin.
- 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
- FREDO: Mikey, why would they ever hit poor old Frankie Five-Angels? I loved that ole sonuvabitch. I remember when he was just a 'button,' when we were kids.
- 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
- The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
Usage notes
For the senses 2 and 3, a button is often marked by a verb rather than a noun, and the button itself is called with the verb and button. For example, a button to start something is generally called start button.
Hypernyms
- (graphical user interface): widget
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ??? (ba?an)
- ? Gujarati: ??? (ba?an)
- ? Korean: ?? (beoteun)
- ? Maori: p?tene
- ? Urdu: ???? (ba?an)
Translations
See also
- switch
- toggle
- trigger
Etymology 2
From Middle English butonen, botonen, from the noun (see above).
Verb
button (third-person singular simple present buttons, present participle buttoning, simple past and past participle buttoned)
- (transitive) To fasten with a button. [from the late 14th c.]
- He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat.
- (intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (informal) To stop talking.
Derived terms
- buttonable
- button-down
- buttoner
- button one's lip
- button up
- button it
- misbutton
- rebutton
- unbutton
Translations
Further reading
- button on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- not but
Middle English
Noun
button
- Alternative form of botoun
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coupon
English
Etymology
From French coupon, from couper (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ku??p?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ku??p?n/, /?kju??p?n/
Noun
coupon (plural coupons)
- A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
- A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
- (finance, obsolete) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.
- (finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
- (Britain, politics, historical) The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
- (Scotland) A person's face.
Synonyms
- (section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement): voucher
Derived terms
- couponer
- couponing
- zero coupon bond
Translations
Verb
coupon (third-person singular simple present coupons, present participle couponing or couponning, simple past and past participle couponed or couponned)
- To use coupons to a such extent that makes the user actively looking for coupons in magazines, online and whatever they can be found.
Derived terms
- couponer, couponner
- couponing, couponning
Anagrams
- uncoop
French
Etymology
couper +? -on
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.p??/
Noun
coupon m (plural coupons)
- coupon (certificate of interest due)
- An oddment or offcut, a short rest of fabric remaining from a bolt (roll) or large piece.
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “coupon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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