Re: [lojban] What's the difference between gacri and drudi?

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:14:25 Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> x1 is a cover/[lid/top] for covering/concealing/sheltering x2.
> 
> x1 is a roof/top/ceiling/lid of x2. "a drudi is (designed to be)
> over/above something and shelters it from other things above the
> drudi"
> 
> So one's a lid or a cover that shelters things, and the other's a
> lid or a roof that shelters things?  0.o
> 
> Are these straight-up synonyms or what?

I'd say that lo drudi is fixed in place, whereas lo gacri isn't necessarily.

Also, English distinguishes a roof and a ceiling. A ceiling is the top surface 
of a room and is usually horizontal. A roof is the part that covers the rest 
of a building and is usually sloped. It is possible, but not common, for the 
roof and ceiling to be the same; usually the ceiling is under the roof, and 
the space between them is the attic. If a building has several stories, each 
floor, except the lowest, is also a ceiling, but is not a roof. How do we 
distinguish these in Lojban?

Pierre
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