different between phrasebook vs bookend

For the Wiktionary's phrasebook, see Wiktionary:Phrasebook.

English

Alternative forms

• phrase book
• phrase-book

Etymology

phrase +? book

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?e?zb?k/

Noun

phrasebook (plural phrasebooks)

1. A book containing common phrases in two or more languages, used to learn a foreign language.

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Further reading

• phrasebook in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• phrasebook at OneLook Dictionary Search
• phrase book at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

book +? end

Noun

bookend (plural bookends)

1. A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
2. (figuratively) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
   • 2012, Kelly Fiveash, Snooper's-charter plans are just misunderstood, sniffles tearful May, on The Register [1]

     The cabinet minister's appearance served as something of a bookend to her grilling by the Home Affairs select committee in April this year […]

   • 2017, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, Cynthia J. Miller, The American Civil War on Film and TV (page 214)

     In both Episode 1 and Episode 9, which serve as bookends, Burns found fascinating footage of a 1938 event at which President Franklin Roosevelt spoke to living veterans who wore the Blue and the Gray; […]

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Verb

bookend (third-person singular simple present bookends, present participle bookending, simple past and past participle bookended)

1. (transitive) To come before and after, or at both sides of.

Synonyms

• flank

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