Meme vs. Chestnut — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Meme and Chestnut
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Definitions
Meme
A meme ( MEEM) is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme. A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme.
Chestnut
The chestnuts are a group of eight or nine species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus Castanea, in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Meme
An element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.
Chestnut
A glossy hard brown edible nut which develops within a bristly case and which may be roasted and eaten.
Meme
An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations.
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Chestnut
The large European tree that produces the edible chestnut, with serrated leaves and heavy timber.
Meme
A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.
Chestnut
A small horny patch on the inside of each of a horse's legs.
Meme
An image or short video clip, often accompanied by a humorous saying or popular catchphrase, that is transmitted virally, especially on social media.
Chestnut
Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Castanea native to northern temperate regions, having alternate simple toothed leaves, and nuts that are enclosed in a prickly husk.
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Meme
A humorous saying or popular catchphrase that is transmitted virally, especially as a caption for such an image or video clip.
Chestnut
The often edible nut of any of these trees.
Meme
(originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
Chestnut
The wood of any of these trees.
Meme
(Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc.
Chestnut
Any of several other plants, such as the horse chestnut.
Meme
(Internet) A specific instance of a meme, such as an image macro or a video, often with humorous superimposed text.
This meme generator lets you make your own memes by adding a caption to existing images, or by uploading your own image.
I'm always posting memes on the groupchat.
Chestnut
A moderate to deep reddish brown.
Meme
Something not to be taken seriously; a joke.
It's a meme degree, you know. Good luck getting a job from that.
Jogging is a meme.
Chestnut
A reddish-brown horse.
Meme
Granny; nana
Chestnut
A small hard callus on the inner surface of a horse's foreleg.
Meme
To create and use humorous memes.
Chestnut
An old, frequently repeated joke, story, or song.
Meme
To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve a goal in real life.
To meme into existence
Chestnut
Of a moderate to deep reddish brown.
Meme
To joke around.
Chestnut
A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
Meme
A cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one generation to another by nongenetic means (as by imitation);
Memes are the cultrual counterpart of genes
Chestnut
A nut of this tree or shrub.
Chestnut
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
Chestnut
A reddish-brown horse.
Chestnut
(uncountable) The wood of a chestnut tree.
Chestnut
(figurative) An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective (often in the phrase "old chestnut").
Chestnut
A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
Night eye
Chestnut
(UK) The horse-chestnut.
Chestnut
Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
Chestnut
The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesce) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.
Chestnut
The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
Chestnut
A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
Chestnut
The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
Chestnut
One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
Chestnut
An old joke or story.
Chestnut
Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
Chestnut
Wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
Chestnut
Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
Chestnut
Edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
Chestnut
A small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
Chestnut
A dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
Chestnut
Used of hair; of a golden brown to reddish brown color;
A chestnut horse
Chestnut hair