What's the difference between borrel and sorrel?

Borrel


Definition:

  • (n.) Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment.
  • (n.) A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.
  • (n.) Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When at Liverpool, Raheem Sterling and Jon Flanagan were developed under Borrell, and he is also credited for producing Cesc Fábregas and Lionel Messi when previously at Barcelona.
  • (2) From what he says today, Smith's reluctance to go "the full Borrell" was a source of early anxiety for Bastille's label, Virgin, and it came up when he agreed to take part in some media training.
  • (3) Borrell had been the head of the academy coaching at the Merseyside club before being sacked last autumn.
  • (4) Johnny Borrell is a wanker because he's a wanker, not because Razorlight got massive."
  • (5) With FFP increasing the need for more homegrown players, Torpey and Hughes’ knowledge and contacts should aid Borrell’s drive to ensure a greater number of high-quality footballers are developed at City.
  • (6) While Torpey and Hughes coached up to under-14 level, Borrell was aware of their respective abilities from his time at Anfield.
  • (7) City have made their latest move in a long-term strategy to tackle FFP regulations by recruiting Steve Torpey and Darren Hughes from Liverpool, two youth team coaches, after appointing Rodolfo Borrell as the club’s global technical director in March.
  • (8) The nymphs were kept, separately, in Borrel flasks and properly listed.

Sorrel


Definition:

  • (a.) Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.
  • (n.) A yellowish or redish brown color.
  • (n.) One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The award to Sorrell is thought to be the second-largest granted to a FTSE 100 chief executive, behind only the £92m in shares and cash paid to Bart Becht while he was chief executive of Reckitt Benckiser in 2009.
  • (2) Some 59.29 % had opposed the remuneration report, a rebellion only exceeded by one at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) at the height of the banking crisis, and surpassing the 59% that voted against the £6.8m pay deal for Sir Martin Sorrell at his advertising company WPP in 2012.
  • (3) Sir Martin Sorrell , the chief executive of WPP, has said businesses continue to underestimate the importance the Edward Snowden's NSA electronic surveillance revelations have had on consumer attitudes to privacy and security.
  • (4) This prompted the company to change the long-term bonus scheme, called Leap, to a less generous scheme that will come into force in 2018 and cap Sorrell’s pay at less than £20m, based on his existing salary.
  • (5) The pay of WPP’s Sorrell has been a flashpoint in the past.
  • (6) Bath-shaped recession If viewed huffily by his own peers, Sorrell is feted elsewhere, with invitations to the Obama inauguration and to the World Economic Forum in Davos.
  • (7) Katja Hall, deputy director general of the CBI, agreed with Sorrell that it was unclear which result would be better for business: “We have some concerns about Labour intervening in the banking and energy sectors, but we are encouraged by their work on industrial strategy and reforming the UK education system to produce more rounded and grounded young people.
  • (8) Sorrell warns ad industry against 'Don Draper-ish' optimism as Brexit vote looms Read more The company confirmed this week it would announce that from 2011 to 2015 WPP had outperformed its peers and the FTSE 100.
  • (9) The hunt is on for a successor to Sir Martin Sorrell , boss of the UK's largest advertising group and one of the most powerful men in the global media industry, MediaGuardian.co.uk can reveal.
  • (10) Sir Martin Sorrell is expected to receive a bloody nose from disgruntled shareholders on Wednesday with more than half set to vote against his £6.8m pay packet at WPP's annual general meeting in Dublin.
  • (11) "I'm appalled by the ad and Y&R have issued an apology," said Sorrell.
  • (12) Only 4 of the analysed 21 vegetables exhibited fluorine contents exceeding those admitted by the Council for Mutual Economic Aid (2.5 mg F per 1 kg of vegetable wet weight); they included: young beet leaves, parsley tops, lettuce and sorrel.
  • (13) In the pessimistic case, UK income falls by 3.1%, or £50bn a year.” More business leaders lined up on Thursday to voice their concerns that the UK economy will be a significant casualty of a decision to leave the EU, including Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the advertising firm WPP.
  • (14) Sorrell payouts derive from a scheme known as the Leap – the leadership equity acquisition plan - will has only one more year to run after a shareholder revolt in 2012 replaced it with a new scheme, called the executive performance share plan.
  • (15) Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP , the world's largest advertising company, has reported like-for-like revenue down 5.8% year on year in the first three months of 2009.
  • (16) Sorrell is pipped by Tullow Oil's Aidan Heavey , who set up the exploration business during the 1980s boom and has described how he started the African venture from scratch, "with no money and no brains".
  • (17) Two weeks ago, Sir Martin Sorrell, boss of the WPP string of agencies, said that newspaper and magazine ads attracted 20% of advertising revenue but only 7 to 10% of reading time .
  • (18) Internal candidates who could succeed Sorrell include Dominic Proctor, the head of WPP's media-buying arm, Mindshare, and Shelley Lazarus, boss of Ogilvy & Mather.
  • (19) WPP has stressed that until last year Sorrell had not had a rise in his £1m basic salary, now £1.3m, since 2007.
  • (20) Business leaders at the summit will include Eric Schmidt, the Google chief executive, and Sir Martin Sorrell, the WPP chief executive.

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