different between reinforcement vs headband

English

Alternative forms

• re-enforcement, reenforcement, reënforcement

Etymology

From reinforce +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i??n?f??(?)sm?nt/
• Homophone: reenforcement

Noun

reinforcement (countable and uncountable, plural reinforcements)

1. (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
2. (countable) A thing that reinforces.
3. (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
4. (uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.

Derived terms

• negative reinforcement
• positive reinforcement
• primary reinforcement

Translations

See also

• punishment
• operant conditioning
• classical conditioning

English

Etymology

From Middle English *hedband, from Old English h?afodbænd, h?afodbend (“headband”), equivalent to head +? band. Cognate with Old High German houbitbant (“headband”), Dutch hoofdband (“headband”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?d?bænd/

Noun

headband (plural headbands)

1. A strip of fabric worn around the head.
2. A hair-accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.
3. A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement.
4. (printing) A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing-press.

Synonyms

• (horseshoe-shaped headband): Alice band
• fillet

Hyponyms

• deely bobber
• katyusha

Translations

See also

• headband on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bandhead