Rate vs Note - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between rate and note

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rate

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from . (wikipedia rate)

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) The estimated worth of something; value.

* 1599 , William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , V.3:

There shall no figure at such rate be set, / As that of true and faithfull Iuliet.

The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.

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Speed.

* Clarendon

Many of the horse could not march at that rate , nor come up soon enough.

The relative speed of change or progress.

The price of (an individual) thing; cost.

A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.

A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.

Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.

(nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.

(obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.

* Spenser

The one right feeble through the evil rate / Of food which in her duress she had found.

(obsolete) Order; arrangement.

* Spenser

Thus sat they all around in seemly rate .

(obsolete) Ratification; approval.

(Chapman)

(horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.

daily rate'''; hourly '''rate ; etc.

Derived terms

* at any rate * exchange rate * flat rate * interest rate * mortality rate * failure rate * rate limiting

Verb

(rat)

To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.

She is rated fourth in the country.

To evaluate or estimate the value of.

They rate his talents highly.

* South

To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible.

To consider or regard.

He rated this book brilliant.

To deserve; to be worth.

The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.

* 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 101:

Only two assistant district attorneys rate corner offices, and Mandelbaum wasn't one of them.

To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.

The transformer is rated at 10 watts.

(transitive, chiefly, British) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.

(informal) To like; to think highly of.

The customers don't rate the new burgers.

To have position (in a certain class).

She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.

He rates as the best cyclist in the country.

To have value or standing.

This last performance of hers didn't rate very high with the judges.

To ratify.

* Chapman

to rate the truce

To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.

Synonyms

* (have position in a certain class) rank

Derived terms

* rating

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

(rat)

To berate, scold.

* Shakespeare

Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy!

* Barrow

Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it.

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , John IX:

Then rated they hym, and sayde: Thou arte hys disciple.

* , I.56:

Andronicus'' the Emperour, finding by chance in his pallace certaine principall men very earnestly disputing against ''Lapodius about one of our points of great importance, taunted and rated them very bitterly, and threatened if they gave not over, he would cause them to be cast into the river.

* 1825 , Sir (Walter Scott), , ch.iv:

He beheld him, his head still muffled in the veila man borne down and crushed to the earth by the burden of his inward feelings.

* 1843 , (Thomas Carlyle), '', book 2, ch.XV, ''Practical — Devotional

The successful monk, on the morrow morning, hastens home to . The successful monk, arriving at Ely, is rated for a goose and an owl; is ordered back to say that (Elmset) was the place meant.

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note

English

(Webster 1913)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) note, . Related to (l).

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) * (l) (Shetland)

Noun

(en-noun)

Use; employment.

* 1701 , Halliwell:

But thefte serveth of wykked note , Hyt hangeth hys mayster by the throte.

* 1912 , J. Jakobsen, Etymol. Ordbog Norrøne Sprog Shetland :

Der 'r nae not' in it; hit is nae ' not .

(uncountable) Utility; profit; advantage; foredeal; benefit; pains.

* 1838 , William Marriott, William Marriott (Ph. Dr.), A collection of English miracle-plays or mysteries'' (''The Deluge ):

And have thou that for thy note !

(countable) Affair, matter, concern.

* 1566 , John Martial, A Replie to M. Calfhills Blasphemous Answer

He sayeth: It is the peculiar note of Gods servates, not to bow their knee to Baal.

(countable) Business; undertaking; task, duty; purpose.

* 1811 , Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, George Darley, The works of Beaumont and Fletcher: Volume 2 :

The chief note of a scholar, you say, is to govern his passions; wherefore I do take all patiently.

* 1897 , Halifax Courier:

Tha'll keep me at this noit' all day... Om always at this ' noit .

* 1911 , Homiletic review: Volume 62:

It is the peculiar note of this ministry that it stands in the will of Christ, which the minister knows, to which he is consecrated, and which he illustrates in his own character.

The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow gives milk; the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.

* 1888 , S. O. Addy Gloss, ''Words Sheffield p160 :

A cow is said to be in note when she is in milk.

* 1922 , P. MacGill, Lanty Hanlon p11 :

A man who drank spring water when his one cow was near note .

* 1996 , C. I. Macafee Conc., Ulster Dict. at Note :

Be at her note', be near '''note''', come forward to her ' note , of a cow or sow, be near the time for calving or farrowing.

Derived terms

* notable * noteful * noteless

Etymology 2

From (etyl) noten, notien, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) * (l) (Shetland)

Verb

(not)

To use; make use of; employ.

* 1553', Gawin Douglas (translator), ''Eneados'' (original by ), reprinted in '''1710 as ''Virgil’s Æneis, Tran?ated into Scottish Ver?e, by the Famous Gawin Douglas Bi?hop of Dunkeld :

He would note it.

To use for food; eat.

* 1808 , Jameson:

He notes very little.

Derived terms

* benote

References

* * * note, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Volume 2, Halliwell, 1860.

Etymology 3

From (etyl) note, from (etyl) not, .

Noun

(label) A symbol or annotation.

# A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.

#* (Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)

Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession.

#* (John Henry Newman) (1801-1890)

She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles, the note of life — a tough life and a vigorous.

#* (w) (1851-1920)

What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all!

#* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=20 citation , passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.}}

# A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.

# A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.

(label) A written or printed communication or commitment.

# A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.

# A short informal letter; a billet.

# A diplomatic missive or written communication.

# (label) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note'; a '''note''' of hand; a negotiable ' note .

# (label) A list of items or of charges; an account.

#* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Here is now the smith's note for shoeing.

# A piece of paper money; a banknote.

# (label) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.

A sound.

# A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.

# A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.

#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

The wakeful birdtunes her nocturnal note .

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}

#* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./4/2

, passage=As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note .}}

# (label) A key of the piano or organ.

(label) Observation; notice; heed.

* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

small matterscontinually in use and in note

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Give orders to my servants that they take / No note at all of our being absent hence.

(label) Reputation; distinction.

(label) Notification; information; intelligence.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

The kingshall have note of this.

(label) Stigma; brand; reproach.

(Shakespeare)

Derived terms

{{der3, , , after-note , banknote/bank note , bass note , blue note , bread-and-butter note , briefing note , brown note , c note/c-note , collateral note , credit note , crib note , demand note , discount note , eighth note , Euro-note , flip-flop note , footnote , g note/g-note , grace note , half note , keep note , leading note , liner notes , mash note , medium-term note , mental note , mortgage note , municipal note , musical note , nickel note , notemaker , notemaking , note of hand , note pad/notepad , note paper , note payable , note to self , note value , note verbale , of note , one-note , passing note , pedal note , post-it note , promissory note , quarter note , secured note , senior note , shape note , shipping note , side note , sticky note , strike a note , structured note , suicide note , super-note , take note , thirty-second note , time note , treasury note , whole note , wood note/wood-note , zero-coupon note}}

Verb

(not)

To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.

To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.

To denote; to designate.

To annotate.

To set down in musical characters.

To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

Derived terms

* note down

Etymology 4

Inflected and variant forms.

Verb

(head)

(obsolete)

* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.3:

Etymology 5

From (etyl).

Verb

(not)

To butt; to push with the horns.

(Webster 1913)

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