magnate vs magnet
Definitions
noun
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman
Examples
By 1000 most English bishops were monks, and both bishops and abbots deliberated with lay magnates in the king's council.
In return for this patronage, magnates expected their clients, tenants, and neighbors — their "affinities" — to support them with men, arms, and money when the magnate needed military resources.
Yet, in the absence of the traditional ruling magnates to supervise border rule and defence, the region's precarious peace dissolved into feuds and reiving.
Definitions
noun
- a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
- (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
Examples
This textbook provides a modern and accessible introduction to magnetohydrodynamics.
Fishing. Tie magnets to a string, cut fish shapes out of construction paper and attach a paper clip to the fish's mouth and voila.
The main component of the Earth's field – which defines the magnetic poles – is a dipole generated by the convection of molten nickel-iron in the outer core the inner core is solid, so its role is secondary; remember that the Earth's core is well above the Curie temperature, so the iron is not ferromagnetic.
