compass vs vane

compass

noun
  • A pair of compasses (a device used to draw an arc or circle). 

  • A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north). 

  • The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice. 

  • Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within. 

verb
  • To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round. 

  • To go about or round entirely; to traverse. 

vane

noun
  • A sight on a sextant or compass. 

  • Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid. 

  • One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile. 

  • The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft. 

  • A weather vane. 

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