bead vs glob

bead

noun
  • Various small, round solid objects. 

  • A narrow molding with semicircular section. 

  • A bubble, in spirits. 

  • Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster. 

  • Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose. 

  • A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming. 

  • A small drop of water or other liquid. 

  • A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes. 

  • A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead. 

verb
  • To cause beads to form on (something). 

  • To apply beads to. 

  • To form into a bead. 

glob

noun
  • A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance. 

  • A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression. 

  • A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway. 

verb
  • To carry out pattern matching using a glob. 

  • To stick in globs or lumps. 

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