Difference between mirror and power

mirror

Definitions

verb

  1. reflect or resemble
  2. reflect as if in a mirror

noun

  1. a faithful depiction or reflection
  2. polished surface that forms images by reflecting light

Examples

In the forecabins, the head and shower is located forward and has a large mirrored vanity with ample storage below.

We look in the mirror, do a lot of talking.

More particularly, in the hoodedness of her eyes, she reminded me of Malvina Schalkova, the Prague-born artist posthumously famous for the sketches and watercolors she made in Theresienstadt, and whose self-portrait, mirroring an infinity of sorrow, I first became familiar with when I visited Theresienstadt with Zoë.

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power

Definitions

noun

  1. energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
  2. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
  3. a very wealthy or powerful businessman
  4. possession of controlling influence
  5. physical strength
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verb

  1. supply the force or power for the functioning of

Examples

Liberal democracy is a fraud, a cover for the power of the elite.

This came out of an investigation he was carrying out into when a ternary quartic form could be represented as the sum of five fourth powers of linear forms.

Laura Wade's Posh, timed to open as the Tories edged into power in May 2010, reminded us just what we were in for: overprivileged hooligans in drinking-society blazers who trash a pub as thoughtlessly as they will trash the country.

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