What's the difference between bigger and jigger?

Bigger


Definition:

  • (a.) compar. of Big.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One thing seems to be noteworthy in their opinion: the bacterial resistance of the germs isolated from the urine is bigger than the one of the germs isolated from the respiratory apparatus.
  • (2) Today’s figures tell us little about the timing of the first increase in interest rates, which will depend on bigger picture news on domestic growth, pay trends and perceived downside risks in the global economy,” he said.
  • (3) This is basically a large tank (the bigger the better) that collects rain from the house guttering and pumps it into the home, to be used for flushing the loo.
  • (4) As calls grew to establish why nobody stepped in to save Daniel, it was also revealed that the boy's headteacher – who saw him scavenging for scraps – has not been disciplined and has been put in charge of a bigger school.
  • (5) "They couldn't understand until I said 'No, because I'm a big shot now, because I am in Wild Wild West and I have, like, 10 covers coming out, and I want a bigger part.'
  • (6) Koons provoked a bigger stir with the news that he would be showing with gallery owner David Zwirner next year in an apparent defection from Zwirner's arch-rival Larry Gagosian, the world's most powerful art dealer.
  • (7) Tony Abbott urges Europe to adopt Australian policies in refugee crisis Read more Given that Obama – whatever one’s views on his strategy – is not advocating a bigger military contribution, the only difference is that Abbott is “urging” the US and others to do more, which sounds resolute, and Turnbull says he would consider any request if it was made.
  • (8) Apple could quite possibly afford to promise to pay out 80% of its streaming iTunes income, especially if such a service helped it sell more iPhones and iPads, where the margins are bigger.
  • (9) It's also worth noting that if the Help to Buy scheme really does inflate house prices, by waiting five years before you buy you run the risk of not actually being able to save enough for a 10% deposit, because you'll need a bigger amount than you now need.
  • (10) "The influence of private companies is getting ever bigger, and the right-wing government has been in favour of more privatisation."
  • (11) The budget red book contained a chart which suggested that the rich were indeed facing a bigger hit than anyone else, and Liberal Democrats were today pointing to this to justify the austerity package.
  • (12) Buying a share could get you into an AGM where you can stand up and ask a question, but if you have a bigger holding you could stage a protest at any point – if you can get support.
  • (13) "Maybe that's why they can't afford anywhere bigger: because they're always late for work."
  • (14) In the Punjab, the eastern province, the movement has been able to forge ad hoc links with fragmented sectarian groups or freelance operators who have split away from bigger, more established organisations that are under close watch by intelligence agencies, the officials said.
  • (15) We feel that some recent rule changes – on both the sporting and technical side, and including some business decisions – are disruptive, do not address the bigger issues our sport is facing and in some cases could jeopardise its future success.
  • (16) The fact that the leave campaign are getting things as straightforward as this wrong should call into judgment the bigger argument about leaving the EU.” He said out campaigners were trying to persuade people to vote for Brexit solely on the back of an issue “that is not true”.
  • (17) The bigger question to pose is whether these reforms can possibly meet the challenge the NHS faces from an explosion in chronic diseases, such as diabetes .
  • (18) The chancellor deliberately made cautious assumptions for the deficit in the budget, but the 5.6% contraction in the economy has blown an even bigger hole in the public finances than feared in April.
  • (19) It was intended, however, as a response to more radical reforms proposed by congressman Justin Amash, a Republican from Michigan, and is likely to have relatively limited impact on the NSA's ability to collect data on US citizens through incidental means, the so-called backdoor provisions , which was seen as a bigger threat as Snowden's revelations continued.
  • (20) It's not exactly a giveaway, but it's a much bigger reduction that I expected, frankly.

Jigger


Definition:

  • (n.) A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.
  • (n. & v.) One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging.
  • (n. & v.) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.
  • (n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
  • (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
  • (n. & v.) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
  • (n. & v.) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b).
  • (n.) A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They re-jiggered their primary system to enhance party influence in choosing a candidate, and Trump, the great orange-haired Unintended Consequence, has played their innovations like a fiddle.
  • (2) 11.48am: I'm examining those groups in a bid to come up with a Group of Death, but I'm jiggered if I can find one.
  • (3) The swamps are host to malaria, bilharzia and jigger worms, which burrow into human skin and can cause secondary infections, including tetanus and gangrene.
  • (4) 12 min: The match ball, having been mindlessly kicked in the face Goleo VI style, is jiggered, rather like domestic victim Pille the Erudite Ball.
  • (5) The following semester, in a college production of Carousel, having shed over 100lb, he played the villain Jigger.
  • (6) Argentina in their lovely blue-and-white shirts, and tradition-jiggering white shorts which are NOT OK. Look at the picture of Batistuta in this preamable, and think on, Adidas, Fifa, the AFA, or whoever's at fault for this sartorial disgrace.
  • (7) City jigger about with the ball on the edge of the City area, before Ferdinand cuts out a pass through to Aguero.
  • (8) Inside these structures, children mostly sit on bare earth, and emerge bathed in dust and infested with jiggers (a pest that burrows into the skin, generally under the toenails and fingernails).
  • (9) 7.02pm BST Dramatis personæ Barcelona leave the half-jiggered Leo Messi on the bench, while Alex Song makes a rare appearance.
  • (10) And no wonder, Fulham were coming back strongly into the match but that's jiggered their momentum.
  • (11) A case of infestation with Tunga penetrans (jigger flea) is described.
  • (12) Porto's defence could be properly jiggered come the start of the season: an increasingly hectic Liverpool may be making off with Christian Atsu , too.
  • (13) Two corners follow, from the second of which and after much jiggering around, City fashion what would have been a chance had three of them not all been offside.