What's the difference between gunner and private?

Gunner


Definition:

  • (n.) One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.
  • (n.) A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.
  • (n.) The great northern diver or loon. See Loon.
  • (n.) The sea bream.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Henry had hinted during a recent interview with French newspaper L’Equipe he could be interested in a future coaching role with the Gunners, and Wenger insisted on Tuesday that Henry’s return is a certainty when asked about a reunion with the former France striker.
  • (2) The Gunners finished four points behind Manchester United, after fading badly in the last months of the campaign.
  • (3) Mr Campbell also predicted the possible move would not upset fans, adding: "Let us not forget Arsenal used to be in Woolwich (south-east London) and that is why it is called the Gunners before it moved north.
  • (4) Twenty-seven minutes were all the former Arsenal hero required to make it 1-0 to United – for what proved to be the winner – and three goals in the three occasions he has faced the Gunners since making the £24m move from north London to the north-west.
  • (5) High risk groups included the Garrison Force (home guard), anti-aircraft gunners and infantry and armoured units stationed at Hsing-jen.
  • (6) Turkey has sharply raised the stakes in a military standoff with Syria, claiming one of its search and rescue planes was shot at as it tried to find a Turkish jet shot down on Friday by Syrian gunners.
  • (7) Ankara has accused Syrian gunners of targeting a Turkish search-and-rescue plane looking for survivors from the downed jet on Saturday.
  • (8) Arsenal manager's Arsène Wenger insists the Gunners were left with "no choice" but to sell Robin van Persie to Manchester United .
  • (9) Opposition whip and member for Fannie Bay, Michael Gunner, will run against Lawrie, who he claims has lost credibility after the supreme court found she sought to undermine an inquiry into her controversial granting of a rent-free lease to unions.
  • (10) The Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny is facing a reported £20,000 fine for smoking in the showers after the Gunners’ 2-0 defeat to Southampton on New Year’s Day.
  • (11) Opposition leader Michael Gunner said Labor would have retained control of the port and sought investment in its infrastructure, but that if a Labor government were to win the 2016 election, it would honour the contract.
  • (12) Park made the list despite having very little game time since joining the Gunners in August 2011.
  • (13) Arsenal's Emirates Stadium also has excellent eco credentials and the fact that an estimated 70% of Gunners' supporters use public transport to get to games gives the club further brownie (or should that be greenie) points.
  • (14) Lawrie’s resignation on Sunday paves the way for Gunner to take leadership, effective from Monday, without requiring the month-long process.
  • (15) 21 Oct, Kabul Unidentified UK vehicle "with a gunner on top" wounds three civilian interpreters in a private security company vehicle .
  • (16) With only three votes out of eight, Lawrie will need about 60% of the membership’s vote to retain power against challenger Michael Gunner, the member for Fannie Bay.
  • (17) Gunner said earlier the shadow cabinet, including his deputy, would be decided at a caucus meeting on Thursday.
  • (18) We want to make sure that we go out with a win.” Smalling, who led United against Arsenal in Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Old Trafford , echoed his manager, Louis vaan Gaal, who admitted being concerned at how United allowed the Gunners back into the contest.
  • (19) Beckham, 38, who announced his retirement on Thursday, has had spells training with Arsenal but never played for the Gunners.
  • (20) Television cameras picked up Wilshere raising his middle finger in the direction of home supporters at the Etihad Stadium during the second half of the Gunners' 6-3 Barclays Premier League defeat on Saturday.

Private


Definition:

  • (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.
  • (a.) Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
  • (a.) Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
  • (a.) Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
  • (a.) Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
  • (n.) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
  • (n.) Personal interest; particular business.
  • (n.) Privacy; retirement.
  • (n.) One not invested with a public office.
  • (n.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
  • (n.) The private parts; the genitals.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, who bought the island in 1738, were to return today he would doubtless recognise the scene, though he might be surprised that his small private buildings have grown into a sizable hotel.
  • (2) An “out” vote would severely disrupt our lives, in an economic sense and a private sense.
  • (3) Video games specialist Game was teetering on the brink of collapse on Friday after a rescue deal put forward by private equity firm OpCapita appeared to have been given the cold shoulder by lenders who are owed more than £100m.
  • (4) Adding a layer of private pensions, it was thought, does not involve Government mechanisms and keeps the money in the private sector.
  • (5) The author's experience in private psychoanalytic practice and in Philadelphia's rape victim clinics indicates that these assaults occur frequently.
  • (6) To a supporter at the last election like me – someone who spoke alongside Nick Clegg at the curtain-raiser event for the party conference during the height of Labour's onslaught on civil liberties, and was assured privately by two leaders that the party was onside about civil liberties – this breach of trust and denial of principle is astonishing.
  • (7) Couples in need of help will be "encouraged" to come to a private agreement.
  • (8) It comes as the museum is transforming itself in the wake of major cuts in its government funding and looking more towards private-sector funding, a move that has caused some unease about its future direction.
  • (9) Also on Saturday, the VA said it would allow more veterans to obtain healthcare at private hospitals and clinics.
  • (10) Mike Enzi of Wyoming A senior senator from Wyoming, Enzi worked for the Department of Interior and the private Black Hills Corporation before being elected to Congress.
  • (11) Neil Blessitt Bristol • We need to establish what the legal position is with regard to the establishment by the government of a private company co-owned by the Department of Health and the French firm Sopra Steria.
  • (12) The first source attended was a private practitioner for 53 % of the patients, another private medical establishment for 4 %, a Government chest clinic for only 11 % and another Government medical establishment for 17 %, 9 % went first to a herbalist and 5 % went to a drug store or treated themselves.
  • (13) The government did not spell out the need for private holders of bank debt to take any losses – known as haircuts – under its plans but many analysts believe that this position is untenable.
  • (14) The alignment of Clinton’s Iowa team, all but guaranteeing a declaration of her official campaign before the end of next month, was coming into view amid reports that she was due to address by the end of the week controversy over her use of a private email account as secretary of state.
  • (15) Broad-based secular comprehensives that draw in families across the class, faith and ethnic spectrum, entirely free of private control, could hold a new appeal.
  • (16) But leading British doctors Sarah Creighton , consultant gynaecologist at the private Portland Hospital, Susan Bewley , consultant obstetrician at St Thomas's and Lih-Mei Liao , clinical psychologist in women's health at University College Hospital then wrote to the journal countering that his clitoral restoration claims were "anatomically impossible".
  • (17) The Guardian neglects to mention 150,000 privately owned guns or that Palestinians are banned from bearing arms.
  • (18) Private landowners are able to use property guardians to minimise their tax bills and, although it is hard to estimate, the potential financial loss to councils is substantial.
  • (19) A team-oriented problem-solving procedure using management project teams was developed to improve quality of care and productivity in a private, nonprofit hospital.
  • (20) Yet private student loans – given out by banks and financial institutions to the students who can’t get a federal loan – don’t get as much attention as the federal system.