Distinct vs Bob - What's the difference?
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Capable of being perceived very clearly.
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, chapter=13 Noticeably different from others; distinctive.
Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from .
* Clarendon
(obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
* Milton
(obsolete) Marked; variegated.
* Spenser
To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water.
To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
To curtsy.
To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
* Elyot
A bobbing motion.
A bobber.
* Lauson
A curtsy.
A bob haircut.
Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it
* 1773 ,
The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
The docked tail of a horse.
A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
The short runner of a sled.
A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
A working beam in a steam engine.
A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
(obsolete) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
* Shenstone
(obsolete) The refrain of a song.
* L'Estrange
(obsolete) A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.
* Shakespeare
To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop
Short form of bobsleigh
A shilling.
* , Episode 12, The Cyclops
:1933 , (George Orwell), (Down and Out in Paris and London) , xxix
::‘’Ere]] s for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a [['og, ’og for the cap and scarf. That’s seven bob.’
* 1960 , , (Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter XVII
A 10-cent coin.
(slang) An unspecified amount of money.
* Spot me a few bob , Robert.
(computer graphics) A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
* 1986 , Eugene P Mortimore, Amiga programmer's handbook, Volumes 1-2
* 1995 , "John Girvin", Blitting bobs'' (on Internet newsgroup ''comp.sys.amiga.programmer )
* 2002 , "demoeffects", Demotized 0.0.1 - A collection of demo effects from the early days of the demo scene.'' (on Internet newsgroup ''fm.announce )
As an adjective distinct
is capable of being perceived very clearly.As a noun bob is
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English
Adjective
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- The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct .
- Wherever thus created — for no place / Is yet distinct by name.
- The which [place] was dight / With divers flowers distinct with rare delight.
Synonyms
* prominent * separate * several (in dated sense)Antonyms
* indistinct * (capable of being perceived very clearly) confusing * (different from one another) sameExternal links
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English
Etymology 1
Verb
(bobb)- The cork bobbed gently in the calm water.
- The ball, which we had thought lost, suddenly bobbed up out of the water.
- I bobbed my head under water and saw the goldfish.
- bob''' one's head'' (= to ' nod )
- He was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants.
Derived terms
* bobber * bob for apples * bob upNoun
(en noun)- a bob of the head
- Or yellow bobs turn'd up before the plough / Are chiefest baits, with cork and lead enough.
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- Ecod! I have got them. Here they are. My cousin Con's necklaces, bobs and all.
- A plain brown bob he wore.
- To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song.
- He that a fool doth very wisely hit, / Doth very foolishly, although he smart, / Not to seem senseless of the bob .
Verb
(bobb)- I got my hair bobbed . How do you like it?
Etymology 3
Noun
(bob)- One of the bottlenosed fraternity it was went by the name of James Wought alias Saphiro alias Spark and Spiro, put an ad in the papers saying he'd give a passage to Canada for twenty bob .
Derived terms
* bob-a-job * bent as a nine-bob note * two-bob bitUsage notes
* The use of bob for shilling is dated slang in the UK and Australia, since decimalisation. In East African countries where the currency is the shilling, it is current usage, and not considered slang. OED gives first usage as 1789. * The use of bob to describe a 10-cent coin is derived from the fact that it was of equal worth to a shilling during decimalisation, however since then, the term has slowly dropped out of usage and is seldom used today.Etymology 4
Etymology 5
(blitter) (object)Noun
(en noun)- The bob list determines the drawing priority...
- IMHO, youd (SIC) be better doing other things with the CPU and letting the blitter draw bobs , esp on a machine with fast ram.
- Changes: This release adds 2 new effects (bobs and unlimited bobs), has a GFX directory for sharing graphics, adds utility functions to the common code...