Krishna vs. Ram — What's the Difference?

Krishna (, Sanskrit pronunciation: [ˈkr̩ʂɳɐ] (listen); Sanskrit: कृष्ण, IAST: Kṛṣṇa) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the supreme God in his own right.

An uncastrated male sheep.

The eighth and principal avatar of Vishnu, often depicted as a handsome young man playing a flute. He appears as a charioteer and adviser of Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita.

A battering ram.

The most popular of the Hindu divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu.

The falling weight of a piledriving machine.

8th and most important avatar of Vishnu; incarnated as a handsome young man playing a flute

A hydraulic water-raising or lifting machine.

Roughly force (something) into place

(of a place) be very crowded

Digital memory hardware in which information can be accessed in any order with equal speed.

A male sheep.

A battering ram.

The weight that drops in a pile driver or steam hammer.

The plunger or piston of a force pump or hydraulic press.

A hydraulic ram.

A projection on the prow of a warship, used to batter or cut into enemy vessels.

A ship having such a projection.

Ram See Aries.

To strike or drive against with a heavy impact; butt

To force or press into place.

To cram; stuff

To force passage or acceptance of

A male sheep, typically uncastrated.

A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.

A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.

A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.

A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.

An act of ramming.

A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill.

(ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.

(transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.

(transitive) To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.

(transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

(slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.

(Northern England) rancid; offensive in smell or taste.

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.

An engine of war used for butting or battering.

A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.

The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.

The plunger of a hydraulic press.

To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc.

To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries

The first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19

A tool for driving or forcing something by impact

Uncastrated adult male sheep;

Strike or drive against with a heavy impact;

Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;

Undergo damage or destruction on impact;

Crowd or pack to capacity;