different between subterfuge vs centrifuge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French subterfuge, from Medieval Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugi? (“I flee secretly”), from subter (“under”) and fugi? (“I flee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?bt???fju?(d)?/

Noun

subterfuge (countable and uncountable, plural subterfuges)

1. (countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and diplomatics.
2. (uncountable) Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugio (“I flee secretly”), from subter (“under”) and fugio (“I flee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syp.t??.fy?/

Noun

subterfuge m (plural subterfuges)

1. subterfuge

   Synonym: stratagème

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From French centrifuge from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugi? (“to flee”)

• centri- +? -fuge

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?nt???fju?d?/

Noun

centrifuge (plural centrifuges)

1. A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
2. (figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.

Derived terms

• gas centrifuge
• ultracentrifuge

Related terms

• centrifugal force

Translations

Verb

centrifuge (third-person singular simple present centrifuges, present participle centrifuging, simple past and past participle centrifuged)

1. To rotate something in a centrifuge in order to separate its constituents

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French centrifuge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.tri?fy?.??/
• Hyphenation: cen?tri?fu?ge

Noun

centrifuge f (plural centrifuges, diminutive centrifugetje n)

1. (chiefly Netherlands) centrifuge

   Synonyms: centrifugaalmachine, droogzwierder

Related terms

• centrifugaal
• centrifugeren

French

Etymology

centre +? -fuge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.t?i.fy?/

Adjective

centrifuge (plural centrifuges)

1. centrifugal

Further reading

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