What's the difference between cover and rover?

Cover


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
  • (v. t.) To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.
  • (v. t.) To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.
  • (v. t.) To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods.
  • (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.
  • (v. t.) To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.
  • (v. t.) To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.
  • (v. t.) To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.
  • (v. t.) To put the usual covering or headdress on.
  • (v. t.) To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male.
  • (n.) Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.
  • (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
  • (n.) Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.
  • (n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.
  • (n.) The lap of a slide valve.
  • (n.) A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests.
  • (v. i.) To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
  • (2) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
  • (3) The surface of all cells was covered by a fuzzy coat consisting of fine hairs or bristles.
  • (4) Five patients have been examined by defecography before and four after closure of a loop ileostomy performed to cover healing of the pouch and ileoanal anastomoses.
  • (5) A failure to reach a solution would potentially leave 200,000 homes without affordable cover, leaving owners unable to sell their properties and potentially exposing them to financial hardship.
  • (6) It was an artwork that fired the imaginations of 2 million visitors who played with, were provoked by and plunged themselves into the curious atmosphere of The Weather Project , with its swirling mist and gigantic mirrors that covered the hall's ceiling.
  • (7) But because current donor contributions are not sufficient to cover the thousands of schools in need of security, I will ask in the commons debate that the UK government allocates more.
  • (8) The degree of infection and incidence of different genera covering the same period were identical in both series.
  • (9) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
  • (10) The Sports Network broadcasts live NHL, Nascar, golf and horse racing – having also recently purchased the rights for Formula One – and will show 154 of the 196 games that NBC will cover.
  • (11) As to complications they recorded in one case mucosal bleeding after gastrofiberoptic polypectomy and in one case a covered perforation of the sigmoid at the site of colonoscopic polypectomy.
  • (12) 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.
  • (13) This week MediaGuardian 25, our survey of Britain's most important media companies, covering TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, music and digital, looks at BSkyB.
  • (14) When allegations of systemic doping and cover-ups first emerged in the runup to the 2013 Russian world athletics championships, an IOC spokesman insisted: “Anti-doping measures in Russia have improved significantly over the last five years with an effective, efficient and new laboratory and equipment in Moscow.” London Olympics were sabotaged by Russia’s doping, report says Read more We now know that the head of that lauded Moscow lab, Grigory Rodchenko, admitted to intentionally destroying 1,417 samples in December last year shortly before Wada officials visited.
  • (15) Chapman and the other "illegals" – sleeper agents without diplomatic cover – seem to have done little to harm American national security.
  • (16) This hydrostatic pressure may well be the driving force for creating channels for acid and pepsin to cross the mucus layer covering the mucosal surface.
  • (17) A retrospective study of autopsy-verified fatal pulmonary embolism at a department of infectious diseases was carried out, covering a four-year period (1980-83).
  • (18) Over the same period, breeding in drums dropped from 14%-25% to 4.7%, even though the drums were not treated or covered.
  • (19) The study covered 500 children from Warsaw's primary schools--250 children aged 6-8 years and 250 aged 13-15 years.
  • (20) The smaller interfaces cover about 700 A2 of the subunit surface.

Rover


Definition:

  • (v. i.) One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
  • (v. i.) One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.
  • (v. i.) Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.
  • (v. i.) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.
  • (v. i.) Casual marks at uncertain distances.
  • (v. i.) A sort of arrow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Many businessmen like it.” At the entrance to Jiang’s swish showroom, customers are welcomed by posters of a cigar-smoking Winston Churchill and the Queen Mother, standing beside Land Rovers.
  • (2) It is thought Tata, the Indian conglomerate that also owns Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea, is also preparing to cut several hundred roles in operations that serve the Scunthorpe plant, mainly at its Rotherham site.
  • (3) The striker, who is Agnew’s nephew, joined Boro for £11m from Blackburn Rovers in January but Karanka has since struggled to find room for him in his preferred 4-2-3-1 formation and Rhodes has started only four of a possible eight games, scoring one goal.
  • (4) The business posted a 58% increase in Chinese sales in the second quarter, boosted by demand for the recently launched Range Rover Evoque model.
  • (5) It’s a seismic moment for the industry and particularly the big European manufacturers who have done a lot of work on diesel: technologically, they have they made the wrong bet.” Some analysts believe fears of brand damage in Europe are overstated but Bailey says: “In the US it’s very different: VW have killed their diesel market and it has left them in a very difficult position.” For British manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover, the timing of VW’s woes was ominous, as it unveiled two new diesels in America.
  • (6) Blackburn Rovers must be growing to detest the site of London.
  • (7) With Rovers 13th, Allardyce is sacked by new owners Venky’s , and replaced by Steve Kean.
  • (8) Also in the advanced planning stages is a rover to go to Mars.
  • (9) Had Nasa completely ruled out life on Mars it would pose problems for the European Space Agency, which plans to send its own alien-hunting rover to Mars in 2018.
  • (10) By about 7pm he was sitting in his car parked near the garages and at 7.20pm was heading out of town with April in the Land Rover.
  • (11) The five-year-old knew Bridger, Williams told him, and would have got into his Land Rover "smiling and happy".
  • (12) Politicians across all parties need to do more to engage the young voters of the future, because ensuring that their voices are heard and that their needs are central to manifestos is vital for a fair and progressive society.” Play Video 1:32 Jeremy Corbyn appears at music festival at Tranmere Rovers ground – video Numerous celebrities including Lily Allen, Stephen Hawking, Brian May, Steve Coogan, Danny DeVito, Liam Gallagher, Ricky Gervais, David Gilmour, Mark Ruffallo, and Rag’n’Bone Man endorsed Corbyn in the course of the election.
  • (13) Cellino raised eyebrows this summer when he appointed Hockaday, whose previous managerial experience was limited to an unimpressive stint at non-league Forest Green Rovers.
  • (14) "So we have all the trophies you describe (Freight Rover Trophy, the Sherpa Van Trophy, the Leyland DAF Cup, the Autoglass Trophy and the Auto Windscreens Shield) apart from the LDV Vans (but we do have the Simod Cup)."
  • (15) If we're allowed to cheat a little bit, Arthur and Fred Blackburn both played for Blackburn Rovers, with Arthur scoring on four occasions.
  • (16) The senior manager, Roy Hodgson, would be receptive to working with Southgate but also enjoys a close relationship with Appleton, whose fledgling managerial career has already taken in short spells with Portsmouth, Blackpool and Blackburn Rovers.
  • (17) The 58-year-old, who recently served a four-month ban by the Football League for failing to pay tax on a yacht, was acquitted of customs offences on the Range Rover, which had been imported from the United States.
  • (18) Six years after Rover's collapse, there is certainly plenty of open space at the centre of this formerly thriving town: hundreds of acres of flattened muddy fields where 6,000 skilled workers once toiled.
  • (19) Jaguar Land Rover, the Indian-owned but Midlands-based producer of the upmarket Defender and Range Rover models reported volumes rising by nearly 7.5% over the year while production at the Japanese-owned volume carmaker Honda fell by 12.3%.
  • (20) "My masters are staying up all night working for a solution," Xinhua posted to its microblog when the rover malfunctioned.