The difference between Chain and Rackle
When used as nouns, chain means a series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal, whereas rackle means a chain.
Chain is also verb with the meaning: to fasten something with a chain.
Rackle is also adjective with the meaning: of a person: rash, impetuous, reckless.
check bellow for the other definitions of Chain and Rackle
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Chain as a noun:
A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
Examples:
"He wore a gold chain around the neck''."
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Chain as a noun:
A series of interconnected things.
Examples:
"a chain of mountains"
"a chain of ideas, one leading to the next"
"This led to an unfortunate chain of events''."
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Chain as a noun:
A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
Examples:
"That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town''."
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Chain as a noun (chemistry):
A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
Examples:
"When examined, the molecular chain included oxygen and hydrogen''."
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Chain as a noun (surveying):
A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
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Chain as a noun (surveying):
A long measuring tape.
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Chain as a noun:
A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
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Chain as a noun (mathematics, set theory, order theory):
A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
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Chain as a noun (British):
A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
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Chain as a noun:
That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
Examples:
"the chains of habit"
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Chain as a noun (nautical, in the plural):
Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
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Chain as a noun (weaving):
The warp threads of a web.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Chain as a verb (transitive):
To fasten something with a chain.
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Chain as a verb (intransitive):
To link multiple items together.
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Chain as a verb (transitive):
To secure someone with fetters.
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Chain as a verb (transitive):
To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
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Chain as a verb (figurative):
To obligate.
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Chain as a verb (computing):
To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
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Chain as a verb (computing):
To be chained to another data item.
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Chain as a verb (transitive):
To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
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Chain as a verb (transitive, computing, rare, associated with {{w, Acorn Computers):
}} To load and automatically run (a program).
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Rackle as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland):
A chain.
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Rackle as an adjective:
Of a person: rash, impetuous, reckless
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Rackle as an adjective:
Rough, crude
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Rackle as an adjective:
Sturdy in old age