Umbrella vs. Parasol

Umbrellanoun

Cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.

Umbrellanoun

Generally, anything that provides protection.

Umbrellanoun

Something that covers a wide range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.

Umbrellanoun

The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.

Umbrellanoun

An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.

Umbrellaverb

(transitive) To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.

Umbrellaverb

(intransitive) To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.

Umbrellaverb

(intransitive) To move like a jellyfish.

Umbrellanoun

A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted in, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.

Umbrellanoun

The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.

Umbrellanoun

Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; - called also umbrella shell.

Umbrellanoun

a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy

Umbrellanoun

a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets;

Umbrellanoun

having the function of uniting a group of similar things;

Umbrellaadjective

covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups;

Umbrellanoun

a device consisting of a circular canopy of cloth on a folding metal frame supported by a central rod, used as protection against rain.

Umbrellanoun

a protecting force or influence

Umbrellanoun

a screen of fighter aircraft or anti-aircraft artillery.

Umbrellanoun

a thing that includes or contains many different elements or parts

Umbrellanoun

the gelatinous disc of a jellyfish, which it contracts and expands to move through the water.

Umbrella

An umbrella or parasol is a folding canopy supported by wooden or metal ribs that is usually mounted on a wooden, metal, or plastic pole. It is designed to protect a person against rain or sunlight.

Parasolnoun

A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.

Parasolnoun

A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.

Parasolnoun

A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.

Parasolverb

(transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.

Parasolnoun

A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.

Parasolverb

To shade as with a parasol.

Parasolnoun

a handheld collapsible source of shade

Parasolnoun

a light umbrella used to give shade from the sun.

Parasolnoun

a widely distributed large mushroom with a broad scaly greyish-brown cap and a tall, slender stalk.