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Setter vs Cynomorphism - What's the difference?

setter | cynomorphism |

As nouns the difference between setter and cynomorphism

is that setter is one who sets something, especially a typesetter while cynomorphism is (nonce) the manner in which a dog sees the world, including the attribution of doglike characteristics to non-canine animals, especially humans.

As a verb setter

is (uk|dialect|transitive) to cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

setter

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who sets something, especially a typesetter
    • The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.
    Some crossword setters work for various newspapers under different pseudonyms.
  • A long-haired breed of gundog ().
    • She has a spaniel and a red setter .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1931, author=
    • , title=The Norwich Victims , chapter=7/2 citation , passage=The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.}}
  • (volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting]], or [[pass, passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
  • (computing, programming) A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
  • (sports, in combinations) A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 29 , author=Kevin Mitchell , title=Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=It was desperately close until all but the closing moments, and for that we had the 32nd-ranked Benneteau to thank for bringing the fight out in Federer, whose thirst for these long battles has waned over the past couple of years. For a player regarded by many as the greatest of all time his record in completed five-setters is ordinary: now 20 wins, 16 losses. }}
  • One who hunts victims for sharpers.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • One who adapts words to music in composition.
  • A shallow seggar for porcelain.
    • (Ure)
    Derived terms
    * English setter * Gordon setter * Irish red and white setter * Irish setter * red setter
    Synonyms
    * (computing) mutator
    See also
    * getter
    References
    * OED2

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, dialect, transitive) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    cynomorphism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nonce) The manner in which a dog sees the world, including the attribution of doglike characteristics to non-canine animals, especially humans.
  • * 1892 , Louis Robinson, "Canine Morals and Manners", The Popular Science Monthly , December 1892, page 177:
    • This should teach us to bear in mind that there is, affecting the dog's point of view, almost undoubtedly such a thing as cynomorphism , and that he has his peculiar and limited ideas of life and range of mental vision, and therefore perforce makes his artificial surroundings square with them.
  • * 2004 , Stanley Coren, How Dogs Think: Understanding the Canine Mind , Free Press (2004), ISBN 0743288149, page 290:
    • Without anthropomorphism on our part and cynomorphism on the dog's part, it is unlikely that dogs could have been successfully domesticated and eventually come to live in our homes and serve as companions and workmates.
  • * 2008 , Dario Martinelli & Kristian Bankov, "Bankov's Razor Versus Martinelli's Canon: A Confrontation Around Biosemiotics", Biosemiotics , Volume 1, Issue 3, December 2008, page 413:
    • Finally, this definition implies the Razor-friendly dualism Nature/Culture, by using a two-way-only approach, from animals to humans and back (zoomorphism), without the pluralistic biosemiotic-friendly suggestion there might be, say, a cynomorphism or at least an icthyomorphism.