What's the difference between boss and rock?

Boss


Definition:

  • (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
  • (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.
  • (n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.
  • (n.) A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
  • (n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
  • (n.) A swage or die used for shaping metals.
  • (n.) A head or reservoir of water.
  • (v. t.) To ornament with bosses; to stud.
  • (n.) A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tap the relevant details into Google, though, and the real names soon appear before your eyes: the boss in question, stern and yet oddly quixotic, is Phyllis Westberg of Harold Ober Associates.
  • (2) The pressure is ramping up on Asda boss Andy Clarke, who next week will reveal the chain’s sales performance for the quarter covering Christmas.
  • (3) Every time I have seen him since – you stand up straight and it’s: ‘Hi, boss.
  • (4) Remember, if he did seize group power and dispose of the Independent , he'd still be boss of the rest of INM: 200 or so papers and magazines around the world, dominant voices in Australasia, South Africa, India and Ireland itself, 100 million readers a week.
  • (5) His boss, the Molenbeek mayor Françoise Schepmans, said that the seven people arrested seemed to suggest a network based in Brussels connected with the Paris attacks.
  • (6) Finally, the general philosophy of BOSS and applications to a multi-processor assembly are discussed.
  • (7) Sometimes in the other team’s half, sometimes in front of his own box, sometimes as the last man.” Die Zeit singles out Bayern’s veteran midfielder Schweinsteiger for praise: “In this historic, dramatic and fascinating victory over Argentina , Schweinsteiger was the boss on the pitch.
  • (8) However, while he considers the stock undervalued, the hedge fund boss said the software firm had missed a string of opportunities under Ballmer's "Charlie Brown management", referring to the hapless star of the Peanuts cartoon strip.
  • (9) Worst building Facebook Twitter Pinterest Where Merkel bosses other European leaders around ... a whole street was annihilated for the Justus Lipsius building, home of the Council of the European Union This is where Angela Merkel bosses other European leaders around: the Justus Lipsius building, home of the Council of the European Union.
  • (10) The current CEO, the aptly named John Boss, took home $5.4m in salary and other compensation in 2015.
  • (11) "We are going to be working this record for the next 18 months," says the boss of Atlantic, standing on a small podium surrounded by Astroturf.
  • (12) It is one of six banks involved in talks with the Financial Conduct Authority over alleged rigging in currency markets and Ross McEwan, marking a year as RBS boss, also pointed to a string of other risks in a third quarter trading update.
  • (13) "Well…" His delightful press secretary, Lena, starts giggling as her boss tries to unknot himself from this contradiction.
  • (14) Memo to bosses: expect zero loyalty from your zero-hours workers | Barbara Ellen Read more Field asked them to detail the costs couriers are expected to meet themselves, such as uniform and fuel, as well as data on their average hourly rate and information about what efforts the companies go to to ensure owner-drivers are earning the “ national living wage ”.
  • (15) Former Marks & Spencer boss Rose, chairman of the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign, was on Monday highlighting an analysis that claimed to show EU membership was worth an average of £670,000 in extra trade for each business that exports or imports goods within the bloc.
  • (16) Werritty, 33, a Scottish Tory who first met Fox when the defence secretary went to speak at Edinburgh University – where Werritty was a student of public policy – had arrived in the emirate a few days earlier to set up meetings for his "boss".
  • (17) North American box office estimates, 8-10 April The Boss: $23.48m - NEW Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: $23.435m.
  • (18) A complex form of pluridistrectual dysmorphic disorder (hypertelorism, prognathism, frontal bossing, multiple cysts of the mandible, calcification in falx cerebri, etc) was also present, suggesting a limited form of Gorlin's syndrome (nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome).
  • (19) "How these union bosses get elected, how they raise money, how they disperse money is a complete and utter mystery.
  • (20) He took over from long-serving boss Bart Becht in 2011 .

Rock


Definition:

  • (n.) See Roc.
  • (n.) A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
  • (n.) A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
  • (n.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
  • (n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
  • (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
  • (n.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
  • (v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
  • (v. t.) To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
  • (v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
  • (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I approached the public inquiry after much soul-searching, weighing up the ramifications of "rocking the boat" with the potential longer-term gains of a more robust and sustainable regulator.
  • (2) He had links to networks including the Hammerskin Nation and was involved in an underground music scene often referred to as "white power music" or "hate rock".
  • (3) The Ibiza Rocks hotel is aimed at a young clientele who'd never make it into the VIP section of Pacha.
  • (4) Meanwhile, Brighton rock duo Royal Blood top this week's album chart with their self-titled album, scoring the UK's fastest selling British rock debut in three years.
  • (5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Trump signs order reviving controversial pipeline projects “The Obama administration correctly found that the Tribe’s treaty rights needed to be respected, and that the easement should not be granted without further review and consideration of alternative crossing locations,” said Jan Hasselman, an attorney for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
  • (6) One species (the goldfish) has an extensive fundus circulation while the other (the rock bass) has a minimal one.
  • (7) You can tell them that Deutsche Bank remains absolutely rock solid, given our strong capital and risk position.
  • (8) Rocking the hepatocyte-splenocyte cultures changed the elution profile from linear to convex.
  • (9) The 180-acre imperial palace appears to send ripples through the surrounding urban grain like a rock thrown into a pond, forming the successive layers of ring-roads.
  • (10) Russell is a former director of Northern Rock while Crosby is the former chief executive of HBOS.
  • (11) Gunfire and explosions rocked Bangkok following clashes between pro-government "red shirts" and protesters, leading to fears of further violence as Thais head to the polls.
  • (12) "And if you're pursuing music as the equivalent of your nine-to-five, and you'd quite like to be doing that for years to come, it's in your interest not to rock the boat."
  • (13) It was sparked by Ferguson's decision to sue Magnier over the lucrative stud fees now being earned by retired racehorse Rock of Gibraltar, which the Scot used to co-own.
  • (14) The involvement of one of South Korea’s most powerful men has rocked the country’s business world, as it signalled that prosecutors were prepared to use the full force of the law against the head of a company whose revenues are equivalent to a fifth of the country’s GDP.
  • (15) Emotional reactivity of patients with endogenous depression and healthy test subjects towards classic and rock music was compared.
  • (16) The Volkswagen Group has announced €1bn (£750m) of spending cuts at its core VW division to help pay for a product overhaul following the emissions testing scandal that has rocked Europe’s biggest carmaker.
  • (17) Loss-making Northern Rock is axing another 680 jobs as it cuts costs in preparation for a return to the private sector after being nationalised in February 2008 .
  • (18) Big musical acts (such as BB King, Keith Urban and Queens of the Stone Age) appear during the summer concert lineup but there are also drop-in yoga sessions, and hiking and biking trails wind through sculpted rocks and wildflowers.
  • (19) Just about.” That one went over like a sublime Chris Rock riff.
  • (20) For a while yesterday, Hazel Blears's selfishly-timed resignation with her rude "rock the boat" brooch send shudders of revulsion through some in the party.