What's the difference between master and quartermaster?
Master
Definition:
(n.) A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
(n.) A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being.
(n.) One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time.
(n.) One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.
(n.) A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mister, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.
(n.) A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.
(n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.
(n.) A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
(v. t.) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
(v. t.) To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science.
(v. t.) To own; to posses.
(v. i.) To be skillful; to excel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Once the normal variations are mastered, appreciation of retinal, choroidal, optic nerve, and vitreal abnormalities is possible.
(2) There’s a fine line between pushing them to their limits and avoiding injury, and Alberto is a master at it.
(3) At the masters level, efforts are generally directed at utilization and evaluation of research more than design and implementation.
(4) He loved that I had a politics degree and a Masters.
(5) Learn from the masters The best way to recognise a good shot is to look at lots of other photographs.
(6) We’re all very upset right now,” said Daniel Ray, 24, in his third year of the divinity master’s degree program.
(7) The fitting element to a Cabrera victory would have been thus: the final round of the 77th Masters fell on the 90th birthday of Roberto De Vicenzo, the great Argentine golfer who missed out on an Augusta play-off by virtue of signing for the wrong score.
(8) The four members of the committee are all masters of wine, and the chairman is a retired diplomat, Sir David Wright.
(9) The master unit is probably present in all seven pairs.
(10) Examination of the role of the public health officer indicates that registered nurses with a master's degree in public health have, in many cases, more training and experience than physicians to function effectively in this role.
(11) The technique is readily mastered by any urologist experienced in endoscopic surgery.
(12) Here, the balance of power is clear: the master is dominating the servant – and not the other way around, as is the case with Google Now and the poor.
(13) Unions warned it could lead to a system where civil servants were loyal to their political masters rather than the taxpayer.
(14) Though there will be an open competition, the job is expected to go to Lord Dyson, who will step down from the supreme court to become master of the rolls.
(15) I can’t think about retiring,” said Miyazaki, who will compete in the Japanese masters championships next month.
(16) Each health educator would receive an adjunct appointment at the health-grant university and would be required to participate in special training sessions and to master progressive health education strategies.
(17) Part of the problem is that today's science is taking human capabilities to master nature to new levels.
(18) For Tóibín, it is the third time on the Booker shortlist following The Blackwater Lightship in 1999 and The Master in 2004.
(19) My immediate suspicion is that the pupil is taking the same course as the master, though I accept it is a large thesis to hang on beige furnishings.
(20) He will only be able to satisfy all the expectations if he masters, by virtue of his training and experience, the art of setting up a treatment plan with priorities.
Quartermaster
Definition:
(n.) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
(n.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
Example Sentences:
(1) A quartermaster for the organisation in Belfast, Molloy is said to have confessed to having been an informer for the British for three years, disclosing the location of arms dumps and possibly providing information in 1973 that led to the arrest of 16 leading members, including Adams and Hughes.
(2) "You were the trained chemist and quartermaster and you were in direct communication with Pakistan," the judge said.
(3) Assad Sarwar Former postman Sarwar, 29 was said by the prosecution to be the quartermaster of the plot, purchasing and storing bomb-making materials.
(4) But they also left audiences wondering quite why producers had bothered to introduce this bumbling new take on the MI6 quartermaster (who also inadvertently let Raoul Silva in to embark on his rampage through the corridors of power, lest we forget).