The difference between Record and Wax

When used as nouns, record means an item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium, whereas wax means beeswax.

When used as verbs, record means to make a record of information, whereas wax means to apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.

Wax is also adjective with the meaning: made of wax.

check bellow for the other definitions of Record and Wax

  1. Record as a noun:

    An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

    Examples:

    "The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes."

    "The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime."

  2. Record as a noun:

    Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.

    Examples:

    "We have no record of you making this payment to us."

  3. Record as a noun:

    A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.

    Examples:

    "I still like records better than CDs."

  4. Record as a noun (computing):

    A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

  5. Record as a noun:

    The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

    Examples:

    "The heat and humidity were both new records."

    "The team set a new record for most points scored in a game."

  1. Record as a verb (transitive):

    To make a record of information.

    Examples:

    "I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations."

  2. Record as a verb (transitive):

    To make an audio or video recording of.

    Examples:

    "Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it."

  3. Record as a verb (transitive, legal):

    To give legal status to by making an official public record.

    Examples:

    "When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house."

  4. Record as a verb (intransitive):

    To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.

  5. Record as a verb (intransitive):

    To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.

  6. Record as a verb (transitive, intransitive, obsolete):

    To repeat; to practice.

  7. Record as a verb (ambitransitive, obsolete):

    To sing or repeat a tune.

  8. Record as a verb (obsolete):

    To reflect; to ponder.

  1. Wax as a noun:

    Beeswax.

  2. Wax as a noun:

    Earwax.

    Examples:

    "What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?"

  3. Wax as a noun:

    Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.

  4. Wax as a noun:

    Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.

  5. Wax as a noun (uncountable):

    The phonograph record format for music.

  6. Wax as a noun (US, dialect):

    A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.

  7. Wax as a noun (US, slang):

    A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil

  1. Wax as an adjective:

    Made of wax.

  1. Wax as a verb (transitive):

    To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.

  2. Wax as a verb (transitive):

    To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.

  3. Wax as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To defeat utterly.

  4. Wax as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To kill, especially to murder a person.

  5. Wax as a verb (transitive, archaic, usually, of a musical or oral performance):

    To record.

  6. Wax as a verb (intransitive):

    To increase (phase of the Moon or other planet). Example The Moon is waxing.

  1. Wax as a verb (intransitive, with adjective):

    To increasingly assume the specified characteristic, become.

    Examples:

    "to [[wax lyrical]];  to wax eloquent;  to [[wax wode]]"

  2. Wax as a verb (intransitive, literary):

    To grow.

  3. Wax as a verb (intransitive, of the [[moon]]):

    To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.

  4. Wax as a verb (intransitive, of the [[tide]]):

    To move from low tide to high tide.

  1. Wax as a noun (rare):

    The process of growing.

  1. Wax as a noun (dated, colloquial):

    An outburst of anger.

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