Ballast vs. Ignitor — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ballast and Ignitor
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Ballast
Ballast is material that is used to provide stability to a vehicle or structure. Ballast, other than cargo, may be placed in a vehicle, often a ship or the gondola of a balloon or airship, to provide stability.
Ignitor
To cause to burn
The spark plug ignites the fuel.
Ballast
Heavy material that is carried to improve stability or maintain proper trim, as on a ship, or to limit buoyancy, as on a balloon.
Ignitor
To set fire to
Faulty wiring ignited the attic.
Ballast
Coarse gravel or crushed rock laid to form a bed for roads or railroads.
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Ignitor
To arouse the passions of; excite
The insults ignited my anger.
Ballast
The gravel ingredient of concrete.
Ignitor
To bring about or provoke suddenly; stir up
The news report ignited a controversy.
Ballast
Something that gives stability, especially in character.
Ignitor
To begin to burn
Had trouble getting the wet tinder to ignite.
Ballast
To stabilize or provide with ballast.
Ignitor
Alternative spelling of igniter
Ballast
To fill (a railroad bed) with or as if with ballast.
Ignitor
One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like.
Ballast
(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
Ignitor
A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
Ballast
(figuratively) Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.
Ignitor
A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires;
Do you have a light?
Ballast
Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.
Ballast
(construction) A material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place.
Ballast
Device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)
Ballast
(figurative) That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
Ballast
To stabilize or load a ship with ballast.
Ballast
To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track.
Ballast
To weigh down with a ballast.
Ballast
Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.
Ballast
Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
Ballast
Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.
Ballast
The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.
Ballast
Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
It [piety] is the right ballast of prosperity.
Ballast
To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.
Ballast
To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.
Ballast
To keep steady; to steady, morally.
'T is charity must ballast the heart.
Ballast
Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
Ballast
Coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
Ballast
An attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
Ballast
A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
Ballast
An electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
Ballast
Make steady with a ballast
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