different between toggle vs accordion

English

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possible alteration of tug (“to pull”) +? -le

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??.?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?.??l/
• Rhymes: -???l

Noun

toggle (plural toggles)

1. (nautical) A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
2. (in particular, fashion) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
3. A toggle switch.
4. An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.
5. A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
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   • 1991, Kalton C. Lahue, Cheryl Smith, Interior Lighting (page 19)

     Hooks come with screws for use in plaster or wood and toggles for use in wallboard.

7. (skydiving) A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.

Coordinate terms

• frog

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

toggle (third-person singular simple present toggles, present participle toggling, simple past and past participle toggled)

1. To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.

   Clicking a button will alternately toggle its light on OR off.

2. To switch between alternate states.

   toggle to lower/upper case

   You can quickly toggle the case of selected text by pressing Alt+C.

3. (nautical, transitive) To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast.

Derived terms

• togglable, toggleable
• untoggle

Translations

References

• toggle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• goglet

English

Alternative forms

• accordeon (dated)

Etymology

First attested in 1831. From German Akkordeon, from Akkord (“harmony”), from French accord, from Old French acorder, based on Italian accordare (“to tune”). See also accord.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k?(?).di.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?k??.di.?n/
• Hyphenation: ac?cord?i?on

Noun

accordion (plural accordions)

1. A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
2. (graphical user interface) A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.

Synonyms

• squeezebox

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Irish: acordán

Translations

See also

• bandoneon
• concertina

Verb

accordion (third-person singular simple present accordions, present participle accordioning, simple past and past participle accordioned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To fold up, in the manner of an accordion
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist

     I slit the wrapping with my pocketknife and the clothesline accordioned out in stiff loops.

Anagrams

• Concordia