gallery vs passage

gallery

noun
  • A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry. 

  • An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art. 

  • A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side 

  • A part of a monocle, a projection off the ring holding the lens, which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket. 

  • The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium. 

  • The spectators of an event, collectively. 

  • A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc. 

  • The production control room. 

  • The boring trails produced by an insect in wood. 

  • The, often elevated and in the rear, part of a courtroom where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial. 

  • A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings. 

  • An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art. 

  • A level or drive in a mine. 

verb
  • To show off. 

passage

noun
  • An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide. 

  • An incident or episode. 

  • A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten. 

  • A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot. 

  • A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places. 

  • The act of passing; movement across or through. 

  • Part of a path or journey. 

  • A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning. 

  • A passageway or corridor. 

  • The right to pass from one place to another. 

  • Serial passage. 

  • A strait or other narrow waterway. 

  • The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament. 

  • The advance of time. 

  • The vagina. 

  • The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works. 

verb
  • To execute a passage movement. 

  • To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium. 

  • To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross. 

adj
  • Of a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nest. 

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