What's the difference between master and ringmaster?

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.

Ringmaster


Definition:

  • (n.) One in charge of the performances (as of horses) within the ring in a circus.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Surely only a misplaced sense of ego on the part of its ringmasters is stopping it.
  • (2) If he is to ensure that the pre-recorded programme does not become a circus, Dimbleby will need to give one of his most assured performances as a ringmaster.
  • (3) Queens Park Rangers ’ ringmaster Tony Fernandes has a dream.
  • (4) He served as ringmaster, prancing on and off stage as fellow presidential candidates, combat veterans and YouTube celebrities all took turns paying tribute both to Trump and those who have served in the US armed forces.
  • (5) Mel and Sue return as ringmasters of Bake Off tent Read more The programme “feels like a phenomenon that is still on the rise”, said Charlotte Moore, the controller of BBC1.
  • (6) The ringmaster closes the door behind her and lets out her breath, silently praying that she’ll be able to continue the fire-fighting until then.
  • (7) Another is his very theoretical bit part as supremely underinvolved ringmaster of both last Christmas's Jimmy Savile tribute show and the Newsnight investigation that might have exposed a serial child molester.
  • (8) Republican candidates attack media over tough debate questions Read more Some refused to play along, ignoring the question entirely, but two gave answers that revealed a disgust for a gladiatorial format which went far beyond the subsequent squabbling over whether the ringmasters were too brutal.
  • (9) Lodger, though recorded in Montreux and New York, used the same personnel as the previous two, with Eno once again acting as creative ringmaster.
  • (10) Four-letter pastings Channel 4 has three Comedy Roasts coming up from Wednesday with Forsyth, Sharon Osbourne and Chris Tarrant on the receiving end of four-letter pastings from the likes of Jack Dee, Sean Lock, Gok Wan, Barry Cryer, Alan Carr, Sir Elton John and Sir Terry Wogan (who says Tarrant is "tall, always drunk and nobody likes him"), with Jimmy Carr acting as ringmaster.
  • (11) Better known as Cilvaringz, he’s on stage at PS1, the Queens outpost of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, with his mentor, Wu producer and ringmaster RZA, and music journalist Sasha Frere-Jones .
  • (12) The ringmaster delves deep into her box of tricks for the remaining six minutes, trying desperately to allay the lady’s fears.
  • (13) Clifford admitted having extramarital affairs with four women, including a television dancer and a French model, and being the ringmaster of sex parties involving "good honest filth for adults old enough to know what they are doing".
  • (14) That was the question pondered by Russian state television’s ringmaster, Dmitry Kiselev , in a recent, heavily ideological weekly dispatch.
  • (15) Talk of a “vast conspiracy” between him and the PM’s office with Ede as “ringmaster” was nonsense, he told the New Zealand Herald.
  • (16) And somehow, as if by magic, the ringmasters know: the show must go on.
  • (17) He's the ringmaster of the nation's sexual scandals and the chief conduit by which we know what we know about the private lives of David Beckham, David Mellor, Jude Law and countless others.
  • (18) Filmed in a tent in the grounds of a Berkshire country house, Giedroyc and Perkins flit around like ringmasters serving up one innuendo after another as a dozen contestants attempt to impress the judges, national treasure Mary Berry and baking pin-up Paul Hollywood .
  • (19) Michael Oates Palmer, staff writer on The West Wing, applied less reverence when he said: "They're the ringmaster, the elephant tamer and the people who clean the cages."
  • (20) The choice of Danny Boyle as ringmaster suggests a possible resolution of the great British dilemma.

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