What's the difference between horseman and pricker?

Horseman


Definition:

  • (n.) A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.
  • (n.) A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.
  • (n.) A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.
  • (n.) A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I am Scottish football's horseman of the apocalypse.
  • (2) In a 2014 article about the first season, Slate’s J Bryan Lowder wrote : “Straight critics and viewers seeking liberal cred will find an easy tool here; Looking is, after all, gay without any of the hard parts (dick included), gay that’s polite and comfortable and maybe a little titillating but definitely not all up in your face about it.” The week’s best new TV: Looking, BoJack Horseman and Vikings Read more Despite the brickbats, Looking was renewed for a second season, and matured into a layered portrait of contemporary gay friendships and relationships.
  • (3) Soak is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse – the one who left before they got famous.
  • (4) This was the scene in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) in which Lawrence ( Peter O’Toole ) first makes contact with the Arab chieftain Sherif Ali (Sharif), who will become his key ally in the desert fighting, and the latter, in a daringly protracted sequence, develops from a speck on the horizon into a towering, huge horseman, rifle at the ready.
  • (5) Thus in a case of valgus flat foot Judet's so-called "horseman" operation is indicated whilst in a flat foot without valgus, transposition of the tibialis anterior is preferable.
  • (6) He was handsome with his blonde curly hair, an accomplished horseman, holder of a pilots’ licence, and so much more.
  • (7) Photograph: Alamy Gobi desert, Mongolia, Benedict Allen Benedict Allen I once walked 3,000 miles through Mongolia, from the icy upland margins of Siberia, where I acquired a string of horses and a slightly drunken horseman, Kermit, who didn't speak a word of English.
  • (8) Horseman warned of Brexit being “a possible flashpoint if the UK voted to leave the EU while the majority of Scots voted to stay in.
  • (9) In the veterinary surgery a horse on a slab was undergoing an examination of the bronchial tract; in the air-conditioned dressage centre no lesser a horseman than the president of the Russian Equestrian Federation, Anatoly Merkulov himself, was putting horses going through their routines (as inspected by Princess Anne last year); and in the club's restaurant, one-and-a-half hours late, Putin breezed past bottles of 1888 Armagnac, and invited his guests to try the bottled mushrooms, with whose preparation he was intimately familiar.
  • (10) And it is the heart of BoJack Horseman , Arnett’s new Netflix animated comedy, in which he plays an alcoholic, self-hating equine ex-TV star.
  • (11) Suddenly, he knew of what this particular horseman would be a harbinger.
  • (12) Pukac and Horseman (Endocrinology 114: 1718, 1984) reported that injections of the hormone caused changes in the expression of several specific proteins in that organ.
  • (13) Treatment is only surgical in severe forms and is based upon the "Horseman" operation, orthopaedic treatment by special soles being rarely indicated.
  • (14) Bojack Horseman has an agreeably odd premise (washed-up horse actor tries to rebuild his career) and a stonking cast (Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Aaron Paul), and although the trailer does feel a little light on good gags, we're still intrigued enough to give it a go when it comes out in August.
  • (15) 4.40pm BST Bojack Horseman: what Netflix did next They've done the 'daft-accented political thriller' (House Of Cards), and the 'women's prison comedy drama' (Orange Is The New Black), so what's next for Netflix?
  • (16) Chris Horseman editorial director of Informa Agribusiness & Commodities said that since the UK was a crucial export market for Ireland and the Netherlands, the EU would have an incentive to negotiate a free-trade deal with the UK.
  • (17) Since 1962, the authors have used a technique of sub-talar arthrodesis combined with talar-calcaneal reposition ("horseman" operation) in cases of valgus flat foot, accompanied by symptoms, in moderate forms with exaggerated talar-calcaneal divergence and verticalisation of the talus.

Pricker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.
  • (n.) One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
  • (n.) A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery.
  • (n.) A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In conclusion, the results obtained clearly indicate that the highest degree of reproducibility is obtained with the Allergy Pricker.
  • (2) With the Allergy Pricker, no differences were observed among results obtained by the same tester, nor when the results of the three testers were compared.
  • (3) The total prick tests per individual was 27 with each of the needles employed (Allergy Pricker, the Morrow-Brown needle and Insulin needle in accordance with Pepy's procedure).
  • (4) The variation coefficient is 41% with the Allergy Pricker, and 115% and 64% with the Morrow-Brown and Pepys method, respectively.
  • (5) Pricker is satisfactory since it has no subject effect and a reproducibility similar to that of modified prick tests.
  • (6) Trademarks: Controversial use of microwaves, home-made gadgets (cake guillotine, biscuit-pricker) and amusing tendency to give lip to Paul Hollywood .
  • (7) Seven puncture tests (Allerprick, Morrow Brown standardized needle, Phazer, Pricker, Stallerpointe, Stallerkit, and Wyeth bifucated needle) were compared with the modified prick test performed with hypodermic or intradermal needles in eight carefully selected normal volunteers.