cricket vs demo

cricket

noun
  • An act that is fair and sportsmanlike. 

  • A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection. 

  • A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions. 

  • A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts). 

  • An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore. 

  • A wooden footstool. 

  • An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs. 

  • A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries. 

  • In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication. 

verb
  • To play the game of cricket. 

demo

noun
  • A demonstration or visual explanation. 

  • An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount. 

  • A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully. 

  • A demographic group. 

  • A democrat. 

  • A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene. 

  • Demolition. 

  • A march or gathering to make a political protest. 

  • An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works. 

verb
  • To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release. 

  • To demonstrate. 

  • To demolish (especially a house or fixture). 

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