different between moment vs influence

English

Etymology

From Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin m?mentum. Doublet of momentum and movement.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??m?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mo?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: mo?ment

Noun

moment (countable and uncountable, plural moments)

1. A brief, unspecified amount of time.

   Synonyms: stound, instant, trice
2. The smallest portion of time; an instant.
3. (figuratively) Weight or importance.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard III, 3,7,67:

     In deep designs, in matter of great moment, / No less importing than our general good.

   • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Second Stain, (Norton 2005, p.1192)

     The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment.

4. (physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation.

   Synonym: moment of force

5. (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
6. (neurology, informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
7. (colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.
8. (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
9. (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.

Derived terms

See also

• torque

Translations

References

• 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, v 3 p 3174. ("The smallest portion of time; an instant." is a direct quote from this Dictionary.)

Further reading

• moment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• montem

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo?ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu?men/
• Rhymes: -ent

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment (specific instant or time)

Derived terms

• de moment
• momentet

Further reading

• “moment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “moment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “moment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “moment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mom?nt]

Noun

moment m

1. moment (specific instant or time)

Related terms

• See motiv

Further reading

• moment in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• moment in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moment, from Middle French moment, from Latin momentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo??m?nt/
• Hyphenation: mo?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

moment n (plural momenten, diminutive momentje n)

1. moment (very brief period of time)

   Synonym: ogenblik

2. (physics) moment of force, moment

   Synonym: krachtmoment

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: moment
• ? Indonesian: momen

French

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.m??/

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment (point in time)
2. moment (short period of time)
3. a while

4. (physics, mechanics) moment, momentum

Derived terms

See also

• instant

Further reading

• “moment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment, instant

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin momentum, from movere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??m?nt/

Noun

moment n (definite singular momentet, indefinite plural moment, definite plural momenta)

1. element, variable, contributing factor or circumstance

2. (physics) moment of force

References

• “moment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment

Polish

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.m?nt/

Noun

moment m inan (diminutive momencik)

1. (physics) moment

   moment bezw?adno?ci – moment of inertia

   moment gn?cy / moment zginaj?cy – bending moment

   moment p?du – angular momentum, moment of momentum

   moment si?y – moment of force

   moment skr?caj?cy – twisting moment

2. moment, a short period of time

   Synonym: chwila

Declension

Derived terms

• momentalny
• momentami

Further reading

• moment in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• moment in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French moment, from Latin momentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo?ment]

Noun

moment n (plural momente)

1. moment (brief period of time) (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

See also

• clip?
• secund?

English

Etymology

From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin ?nfluentia, from Latin ?nflu?ns (“flowing in”), present active participle of ?nflu? (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + flu? (“flow”). Doublet of influenza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.flu.?ns/
• Hyphenation: in?flu?ence

Noun

influence (countable and uncountable, plural influences)

1. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

2. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.

3. A person or thing exerting such power or action.

   • The animals were thoroughly frightened. It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.

4. (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
5. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     God hath his influence into the very essence of all things.

6. (electricity) Electrostatic induction.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "influence": cultural, political, social, economic, military, personal, moral, intellectual, mental, good, bad, positive, negative, beneficial, harmful, huge, big, heavy, significant, important, potential, actual, primary.

Hyponyms

• social influence

Derived terms

• influencer

Related terms

Translations

Verb

influence (third-person singular simple present influences, present participle influencing, simple past and past participle influenced)

1. (transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.

   The politician wants to influence the public.

   I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.

2. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

Derived terms

• influenceable
• influencer
• influencive

Related terms

• influent
• influential
• influenza, flu

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French influence, borrowed from Medieval Latin ?nfluentia, from Latin ?nflu?ns (“flowing in”), present active participle of ?nflu? (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + flu? (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.fly.??s/

Noun

influence f (plural influences)

1. influence

Derived terms

• zone d'influence

Related terms

Verb

influence

1. first-person singular present indicative of influencer
2. third-person singular present indicative of influencer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of influencer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of influencer
5. second-person singular imperative of influencer

Further reading

• “influence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ?nfluentia, from Latin ?nflu?ns (“flowing in”), present active participle of ?nflu? (“flow into”).

Noun

influence f (oblique plural influences, nominative singular influence, nominative plural influences)

1. inundation; flooding; influx of water
2. influence, especially viewed as a mystical force affecting one's fate

Descendants

• ? English: influence
• French: influence

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (influence, supplement)