gimmick vs widget what difference

what is difference between gimmick and widget

English

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly a rough anagram of magic or from gimme.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪm.ɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪmɪk

Noun

gimmick (plural gimmicks)

1. A trick or device used to attain some end.

   The box had a gimmick to make the coin appear to vanish.

   • April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Fightville[1]

     Epperlein and Tucker focus on two featherweight hopefuls: Dustin Poirier, a formidable contender who’s looking to parlay a history of schoolyard violence and street-fighting into a potential career, and Albert Stainback, a more thoughtful yet more erratic and undisciplined fighter whose chief gimmick is entering the ring wearing a hat like the one Malcolm McDowell wore in A Clockwork Orange.

2. A clever ploy or strategy.

   The contest was a gimmick to get people to sign up for their mailing list.

3. (electronics) A gimmick capacitor.
4. (Philippines) A night out with one’s friends.

Derived terms

• gimmicky
• gimmickry

Translations

Verb

gimmick (third-person singular simple present gimmicks, present participle gimmicking, simple past and past participle gimmicked)

1. To rig or set up with a trick or device.

   The magician’s box was gimmicked with a wire that made it appear to open on its own.

Translations

French

Etymology

From English gimmick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.mik/

Noun

gimmick m (plural gimmicks)

1. gimmick

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪdʒɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt

Etymology 1

Coined by George S. Kaufman in his play Beggar on Horseback (1924).

Noun

widget (plural widgets)

1. A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.

   Synonyms: thingy, gizmo, sprocket; see also Thesaurus:thingy
2. A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
3. A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.

   Synonym: scraper

Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of window +‎ gadget

Noun

widget (plural widgets)

1. (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application’s graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.

   Synonym: control

Translations

Further reading

• widget on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• graphical widget on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• software widget on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “widget”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Spanish

Etymology

From English widget.

Pronunciation

Noun

widget m (plural widgets)

1. (computing) widget

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