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Moment vs. Current — What's the Difference?

Moment vs. Current — What's the Difference?

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Moment

A brief, indefinite interval of time.

Current

Belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now
Keep abreast of current events
I started my current job in 2001

Moment

A specific point in time, especially the present time
He is not here at the moment.

Current

A body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement
Ocean currents

Moment

A point in time that is gratifying or noteworthy
Even working on a dictionary has its moments.
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Current

A flow of electricity which results from the ordered directional movement of electrically charged particles
This completes the circuit so that a current flows to the lamp
Magnetic fields are produced by currents flowing in the cables

Moment

An occasion affording an opportunity
Viewed the blunder as a teachable moment.

Current

The general tendency or course of events or opinion
The student movement formed a distinct current of protest

Moment

A particular period of importance, influence, or significance in a series of events or developments
A great moment in history.
Waiting for her big moment.

Current

Belonging to the present time; present-day
Current events.
Current leaders.
My current address.

Moment

Outstanding significance or value; importance
A discovery of great moment.

Current

Being in progress now
Current negotiations.

Moment

A brief period of time that is characterized by a quality, such as excellence, suitability, or distinction
A lackluster performance that nevertheless had its moments.

Current

Commonly accepted or used; prevalent
Current fashions.
Current technology.

Moment

An essential or constituent element, as of a complex idea.

Current

Passing from one to another; circulating, as money or a rumor
Current bills and coins.

Moment

A phase or aspect of a logically developing process.

Current

Running; flowing.

Moment

The product of a quantity, such as force or mass, and its perpendicular distance from a reference point.

Current

A steady, smooth onward flow or movement
A current of air from a fan.
A current of spoken words.

Moment

The tendency to cause rotation about a point or axis.

Current

The part of a body of liquid or gas that has a continuous onward movement
Rowed out into the river's swift current.

Moment

(Statistics) The expected value of a positive integer power of a random variable. The first moment of a random variable is the mean of its probability distribution.

Current

A general tendency, movement, or course.

Moment

A brief, unspecified amount of time.
Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.

Current

A flow of electric charge.

Moment

The smallest portion of time; an instant.

Current

The amount of electric charge flowing past a specified circuit point per unit time, usually expressed in amperes.

Moment

(figurative) Weight or importance.

Current

The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.

Moment

Ellipsis of moment of force

Current

The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) nocap=a.

Moment

A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.

Current

(electricity) the amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time.

Moment

A petit mal episode; such a spell.

Current

A tendency or a course of events

Moment

(colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.

Current

Existing or occurring at the moment.
Current events
Current leaders
Current negotiations

Moment

(math) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.

Current

Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.
Current affairs
Current bills and coins
Current fashions

Moment

(math) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
If the points represent mass, then the zeroth moment is the total mass, the first moment divided by the total mass is the center of mass, and the second moment is the rotational inertia.

Current

(India) Electric; of or relating to electricity.
Current bill
Current shock

Moment

(As in "X moment") An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.
Woman moment
Reddit moment

Current

(obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.

Moment

A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at that very moment.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye.

Current

Running or moving rapidly.
Like the current fire, that rennethUpon a cord.
To chase a creature that was current thenIn these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.

Moment

Impulsive power; force; momentum.
The moments or quantities of motion in bodies.
Touch, with lightest moment of impulse,His free will.

Current

Now passing, as time; as, the current month.

Moment

Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration.
Matters of great moment.
It is an abstruse speculation, but also of far less moment and consequence of us than the others.

Current

Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.
That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.
Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current.
His current value, which is less or more as men have occasion for him.

Moment

An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.

Current

Commonly estimated or acknowledged.

Moment

An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.

Current

Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.
O Buckingham, now do I play the touchTo try if thou be current gold indeed.

Moment

Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.

Current

A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.
Two such silver currents, when they join,Do glorify the banks that bound them in.
The surface of the ocean is furrowed by currents, whose direction . . . the navigator should know.

Moment

A particular point in time;
The moment he arrived the party began

Current

General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.

Moment

An indefinitely short time;
Wait just a moment
It only takes a minute
In just a bit

Current

A flow of electricity through a conductor;
The current was measured in amperes

Moment

At this time;
The disappointments of the here and now
She is studying at the moment

Current

A steady flow (usually from natural causes);
The raft floated downstream on the current
He felt a stream of air

Moment

Having important effects or influence;
Decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself
Virtue is of more moment that security

Current

Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;
Two streams of development run through American history
Stream of consciousness
The flow of thought
The current of history

Moment

The moment of a couple is the product of its force and the distance between its opposing forces

Current

Occurring in or belonging to the present time;
Current events
The current topic
Current negotiations
Current psychoanalytic theories
The ship's current position

Moment

The n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

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