different between thermos vs philosophy

English

Etymology 1

From Thermos, a trademarked name, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thermós, “warm”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????.m?s/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /???.m?s/

Noun

thermos (plural thermoses)

1. A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents

Synonyms

• vacuum flask

Translations

See also

• dewar

Further reading

• thermos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ?????? (thérmos).

Noun

thermos (plural thermoi)

1. (historical) A unit of measure whose identification remains very unclear.

Anagrams

• moth-ers, mothers, smother

French

Etymology

Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.mos/, /t??.m?s/

Noun

thermos m (plural thermos)

1. thermos

Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• philosophie (obsolete)
• phylosophie (obsolete)
• phylosophy (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Middle English philosophie, Old French philosophie, and their source, Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (philosophía), from ????? (phílos, “loving”) + ????? (sophía, “wisdom”). Synchronically, philo- +? -sophy. Displaced native Old English ?þwitegung.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??l?s?fi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??l?s?fi/

Noun

philosophy (countable and uncountable, plural philosophies)

1. (uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
2. (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

3. (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
4. (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.

5. (countable) A general principle (usually moral).
6. (archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
7. A calm and thoughtful demeanor; calmness of temper.
8. (printing, dated) Synonym of small pica (especially in French printing).
   • 2010, Thomas Wharton, Salamander, Emblem Editions (?ISBN)

     Although I prefer small pica. Or as its^[sic] sometimes known, philosophy.

     – Small pica, or philosophy, she said. It sounds like the title of a novel. With a girl heroine.

Meronyms

• See also Thesaurus:philosophy

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

philosophy (third-person singular simple present philosophies, present participle philosophying, simple past and past participle philosophied)

1. (now rare) To philosophize.

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of philosophical isms
• ideology

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “philosophy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “philosophy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Further reading

• "philosophy" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 235.