Thursday, October 9, 2014

apps, apse

Apps or apps is the plural ( more than one ) of "app", short for "application", meaning a computer or smartphone program designed to perform a specific task--
He has designed three new shopping apps, and hopes that they'll all be popular.
I have too many apps on my smartphone; I don't know which to use.

Apse or apse ( rhymes with apps ) means a part of a church--a large vaulted recess, usually containing the altar--
This church has a famous painting decorating the apse.
The tabernacle is in the apse, in a niche in the wall behind the altar.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"One of the new apps will show you the apse of your local church during Sunday services."

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