Manifold vs. Collector
Difference Between Manifold and Collector
Manifoldnoun
(now historical) A copy made by the manifold writing process.
Collectornoun
A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
He is an avid collector of nineteenth-century postage stamps.That old piano is just a big dust collector.Manifoldnoun
(mechanics) A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs or outputs.
Collectornoun
A person who is employed to collect payments.
She works for the government as a tax collector.Manifoldnoun
The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
Collectornoun
(electronics) The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.
Manifoldnoun
(mathematics) A topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space and is Hausdorff.
Collectornoun
A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.
Manifoldnoun
(computer graphics) A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object
Collectornoun
(historical) One holding a Bachelor of Arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.
Manifoldadjective
Various in kind or quality, diverse.
The manifold meanings of the simple English word 'set' are infamous among dictionary makers.Collectornoun
a major sewer which collects sewerage from a number of smaller branch sewers
Manifoldadjective
Many in number, numerous; multiple, multiplied.
Collectornoun
A mafioso whose task is to collect protection money from small businesses
Manifoldadjective
Complicated.
Collectornoun
a person who collects things
Manifoldadjective
Exhibited at diverse times or in various ways.
c1384 ... the manyfold grace of God. — I Petre 4:10 ([http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/wycliffe/ Wycliffe's Bible])1611 The manifold wisdom of God. — [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28King_James%29/Ephesians?oldid=448367#Chapter_3 Ephesians 3:10]. (w:King James Bible)Collectornoun
a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
Manifoldadverb
Many times; repeatedly.
Collectornoun
a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth
Manifoldverb
(transitive) To make manifold; multiply.
Collectornoun
the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
Manifoldverb
To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation.
Manifoldnoun
a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes
Manifoldnoun
a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies;
an original and two manifoldsManifoldnoun
a set of points such as those of a closed surface or and analogue in three or more dimensions
Manifoldverb
make multiple copies of;
multiply a letterManifoldverb
combine or increase by multiplication;
He managed to multiply his profitsManifoldadjective
many and varied; having many features or forms;
manifold reasonsour manifold failingsmanifold intelligencethe multiplex opportunities in high technology
