Interchangeability of terms

[derekleffew]

Standard QotD rules DO NOT apply for this one. Anyone may answer.

Inspired by these threads, Props FAIL and http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/question-day/21595-whats-name.html, I thought a list of terms that many think are interchangeable, but are really not, might be fun.

podium/lectern
socket/base
chain motor/chain hoist
cable/wire

Others?

 

[CrazyTechie]

I seem to always get plaster line and proscenium mixed up.

 

[ruinexplorer]

I would add pin rail/fly rail. I have seen several glossaries that will put them (incorrectly) as interchangeable.

 

[Van]

Does 'Extra' and 'Supernumerary' qualify ?

 

[JChenault]

Bulb / Lamp

 

[gafftapegreenia]

Bulb / Lamp

/globe/bubble

 

[Tex]

Scrim / Cyc
I hear that one a lot...

 

[zmb]

Light/Instrument or luminaire

 

[WooferHound]

lapel - lavalier
wire - cable - cord
Light - Lamp - Luminary - Lantern - Fixture - Instrument

FOH (Front Of House) is actually 2 places: Lighting Coves and the Mix Position

 

[sk8rsdad]

FOH (Front Of House) is actually 2 places: Lighting Coves and the Mix Position

FOH also gets used as the name for the group of people that staff the lobby and auditorium.

 

[WooferHound]

Pipe - Batton - Line Set - Headache

 

[sk8rsdad]

Dimmer - Channel - Fader - Handle

 

[Van]

Drop , Back drop, Cyc.
Leg, Tab

 

[chausman]

Grand/Main/Curtain.

 

[Van]

Grand/Main/Curtain.

Well for tha matter;
Grand / Act curtain
Drape / Curtain

Oh and another that drives me freakin crazy!
Dolley / Hand-truck

 

[derekleffew]

I feel some may be missing the point of this thread--which is NON-synonymous terms used interchangeably.

Sure, call it a lamp/globe/bulb/bottle/bubble, but don't confuse podium with lectern.

 

[Les]

Teaser/tormenter, but that violates the point of this thread.

Tex, the scrim/cyc thing really bugs be!

How about Ellipsoidal/Leko/Profile, or worse yet, calling EVERYTHING a "Source Four".

...Or calling every modern non-Source Four ellipsoidal a 'knock-off'

Oh, intelligent lights/OBEDIENT LIGHTS. (No lights are "intelligent").

 

[derekleffew]

Teaser/tormenter, but that violates the point of this thread. ...

Actually, I don't see teaser/tormentor (when spelt correctly) to be in violation at all. Many use the two interchangeably, and one is vertical and the other horizontal.

 

[Van]

I feel some may be missing the point of this thread--which is NON-synonymous terms used interchangeably.

Sure, call it a lamp/globe/bulb/bottle/bubble, but don't confuse podium with lectern.

well, a drape and a curtain are two different things. Act Curtain is very different from a Main. Leg, Tab, Tormentor, teaser are all differnet terms often used interchangeably to drive me nuts.

 

[gafftapegreenia]

Intelligent/moving/motorized/wiggle lights