different between hunk vs component

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /h??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from West Flemish hunke (“hunk; chunk”), of obscure origin. Probably from an earlier *humke, *humpke, a diminutive related to Dutch homp (“hunk; lump”), English hump, equivalent to hump +? -kin. The sense of an attractive man is recorded in Australian slang in 1941, in jive talk in 1945.

Noun

hunk (plural hunks)

1. A large or dense piece of something.

   a hunk of metal

   • 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter IX

     "Jim, this is nice," I says. "I wouldn't want to be nowhere else but here. Pass me along another hunk of fish and some hot corn-bread."

2. (informal) A sexually attractive man, especially one who is muscular.
3. (computing) A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks.
4. (US, slang) A honyock.

Synonyms

• (large or dense piece): chunk, lump, piece
• (sexually attractive boy): beefcake

Derived terms

• hunky

Translations

See also

• bohunk

Etymology 2

Dutch honk (“the base in a game”)

Noun

hunk

1. (US) A goal or base in children's games.

References

• “hunk” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “hunk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comp?n?ns, comp?n?ntis, present participle of comp?n? (“assemble, put together”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?m?po?n?nt/

Noun

component (plural components)

1. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

Derived terms

• componentless
• per-component

Translations

Adjective

component (not comparable)

1. Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
2. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.

Catalan

Verb

component

1. present participle of compondre

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English component or German Komponente, from Latin comp?n?ns, present participle of comp?n? (“assemble, put together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?m.po??n?nt/
• Hyphenation: com?po?nent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

component m (plural componenten, diminutive componentje n)

1. component

Synonyms

• onderdeel

Derived terms

• tweecomponentenlijm

Related terms

• componeren

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: komponen

Latin

Verb

component

1. third-person plural future active indicative of compon?

Romanian

Alternative forms

• (component): component?

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian componente, German Komponente, from Latin comp?n?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom.po?nent/

Noun

component n (plural componente)

1. component

Declension

Noun

component m (plural componen?i, feminine equivalent component?)

1. member of a team or other group

Declension

Adjective

component m or n (feminine singular component?, masculine plural componen?i, feminine and neuter plural componente)

1. component

Declension