different between deadlock vs deathlock

English

Etymology

From dead +? lock.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?dl?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?dl?k/

Noun

deadlock (countable and uncountable, plural deadlocks)

1. A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse

2. (computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.

Derived terms

• break the deadlock
• livelock

Translations

Verb

deadlock (third-person singular simple present deadlocks, present participle deadlocking, simple past and past participle deadlocked)

1. To cause or come to a deadlock.

Czech

Noun

deadlock m

1. (computing) deadlock

Synonyms

• uváznutí n

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English deadlock.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?d?d.?l?.ki/, /?d?.d??i.?l?.ki/

Noun

deadlock m (plural deadlocks)

1. (computing) deadlock (inability to continue operating due to two processes requiring a response from one other)

English

Etymology

death +? lock

Noun

deathlock (plural deathlocks)

1. (sports) A certain wrestling move that traps the opponent's leg.
2. Synonym of death grip
   1. A close struggle between two opponents in which each tries to kill the other.
   2. (metaphoric) A struggle to destroy a force or principle to which one is opposed, or between two mutually incompatible principles.
   3. Rigor mortis, or a physical grip that is similarly inflexible and unyielding.
   4. (metaphoric) A similarly tight hold on something nonphysical.

Derived terms

• (wrestling move): Indian deathlock, scorpion deathlock