What's the difference between range and ranger?

Range


Definition:

  • (n.) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.
  • (n.) To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
  • (n.) To separate into parts; to sift.
  • (n.) To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.
  • (n.) To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.
  • (n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.
  • (n.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
  • (v. i.) To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.
  • (v. i.) To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles.
  • (v. i.) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
  • (v. i.) To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast.
  • (v. i.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
  • (v.) A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.
  • (v.) An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
  • (v.) The step of a ladder; a rung.
  • (v.) A kitchen grate.
  • (v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.
  • (v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
  • (v.) A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
  • (v.) That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture.
  • (v.) Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority.
  • (v.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.
  • (v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.
  • (v.) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile.
  • (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.
  • (v.) In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.
  • (v.) See Range of cable, below.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Arda Turan's deflected long-range strike puts Atlético back in control.
  • (2) The issue of the Schizophrenia Bulletin is devoted to articles representing this full range of conceptual and empirical work on first-episode psychosis.
  • (3) Open field behaviors and isolation-induced aggression were reduced by anxiolytics, at doses which may be within the sedative-hypnotic range.
  • (4) The PSB dioxygenase system displayed a narrow substrate range: none of 18 sulphonated or non-sulphonated analogues of PSB showed significant substrate-dependent O2 uptake.
  • (5) When the data correlating DHT with protein synthesis using both labelling techniques were combined, the curves were parallel and a strong correlation was noted between DHT and protein synthesis over a wide range of values (P less than 0.001).
  • (6) Finally the advanced automation of the equipment allowed weekly the evaluation of catecholamines and the whole range of their known metabolites in 36 urine samples.
  • (7) There were 12 males, 6 females, with mean age of 55.1 yrs (range 39-77 yrs).
  • (8) Peak Expiratory Flow and Forced Expiratory Mean Flows in the ranges 0-25%, 25-50% and 50-75% of Forced Vital Capacity were significantly reduced in animals exposed to gasoline exhaust fumes, whereas the group exposed to ethanol exhaust fumes did not differ from the control group.
  • (9) In a double-blind, crossover-designed study, 9 male subjects (age range: 18-25 years) received 25 mg orally, four times per day of either S or an identically-appearing placebo (P) 2 d prior to and during HA.
  • (10) Polygraphic recordings during sleep were performed on 18 elderly persons (age range: 64-100 years).
  • (11) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
  • (12) In seven girls with early adrenarche, plasma concentrations of DHEA were in the upper range of normal values, whereas T levels were within the normal range.
  • (13) In the patients who have died or have been classified as slowly progressive the serum 19-9 changes ranged from +13% to +707%.
  • (14) This promotion of repetitive activity by the introduction of additional potassium channels occurred up to an "optimal" value beyond which a further increase in paranodal potassium permeability narrowed the range of currents with a repetitive response.
  • (15) Displacement of a colinear line over the same range without an offset evoked little, if any, response.
  • (16) I wish to clarify that for the period 1998 to 2002 I was employed by Fifa to work on a wide range of matters relating to football,” Platini wrote.
  • (17) The technique resolved chromosomes in the size range of 100 kb-1 Mb.
  • (18) Achilles tendon overuse injuries exist as a spectrum of diseases ranging from inflammation of the paratendinous tissue (paratenonitis), to structural degeneration of the tendon (tendinosis), and finally tendon rupture.
  • (19) We report the treatment of 44 boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) at a mean chronological age of 14.3 years (range, 12.4-17.1) and bone age of 12.1 years (range, 9.1-15.0).
  • (20) The average follow-up was 3.5 years (range 2-5.5 years).

Ranger


Definition:

  • (n.) One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.
  • (n.) That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve.
  • (n.) A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
  • (n.) One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot.
  • (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It cannot be established whether or not seasickness contributed to the cause of death in the case of the Ocean Ranger victims, but it did occur in 75% or more of TEMPSC occupants in the other four rig disasters.
  • (2) In its more loose, common usage, it's a game in which the rivalry has come to acquire the mad, rancorous intensity of a Celtic-Rangers, a Real Madrid-Barcelona, an Arsenal-Tottenham, a River Plate-Boca Juniors.
  • (3) Peter Travers, film critic at Rolling Stone, offered a simpler explanation: "Why is The Lone Ranger such a huge flop at the box office?"
  • (4) 3.56am BST Rays 4 - Rangers 2, bottom of 8th Martin tries to lay down a bunt but he gets hit on the knuckle, which is not a hit by pitch because Martin was offering.
  • (5) Early dry season savannah burning across northern Australia is the most popular form of carbon farming practised by traditional owners and Aboriginal ranger groups today, and it’s something that comes naturally to most of them.
  • (6) Christian Benteke has been revitalised under Sherwood and he followed up his hat-trick in last Tuesday’s 3-3 draw with Queens Park Rangers by scoring the winner here.
  • (7) VIP-stimulated cyclic AMP production and VIP effect on the production of reactive oxygen compounds in human monocytes activated by serum opsonized zymosan (respiratory burst) were studied during a ranger training course lasting for five days with almost continuous physical activity, and deficiency of sleep and energy.
  • (8) Will the Rangers send this thing back to New York for a Game 6?
  • (9) 4.34am BST Rangers 2-2 Kings, 7:09, first overtime Richards throws it in, St Louis a shot and a save by Quick!
  • (10) The journalist was raced to the nearby hospital in a police ranger van within minutes of the shooting, but died of his injuries soon after.
  • (11) While gothic grandeur fills the windows, the walls are plastered with pop memorabilia and personal paraphernalia: tributes, affectionate caricatures; a Who poster signed by Roger Daltrey; a Queens Park Rangers banner and, relegated to the top of a bookcase, a ministerial red box from the Home Office.
  • (12) He has charisma, he’s self-made and that’s why the Pakistani establishment hates him.” The MQM has come into ever greater conflict with the rangers in the last two years as both the central government in Islamabad and the powerful army have sought to impose order on the unruly port city of 20 million people.
  • (13) The alarmingly ineffective Aleksandar Mitrovic and Florian Thauvin (joint cost £27m) would certainly not have been on the shopping list of a coach who hoped to address the team’s enduring goal-scoring problems by importing Charlie Austin from Queens Park Rangers last summer.
  • (14) Amy Lawrence Liverpool Ins Marko Grujic (Red Star Belgrade, £5,1m); Steven Caulker (Queens Park Rangers, loan), Kevin Stewart (Swindon, recalled from loan), Tiago Ilori (Aston Villa, recalled from loan) Outs Marko Grujic (Red Star Belgrade, loan); Ryan Fulton (Portsmouth, loan); Allan Rodrigues de Souza (Sint Truidense, loan) Jürgen Klopp’s first transfer window as Liverpool manager was frustrated by Shakhtar Donetsk’s €70m valuation of Alex Teixeira and their insistence the Brazilian forward will not be sold until the summer.
  • (15) When Gould almost dies one night, and the next morning is instead given three or four days to live, she experiences a strange joy at the extra time granted, more precious hours to talk with him about their twin passions, Queens Park Rangers and the Labour party, more time to help him get his book finished.
  • (16) The $10m announced on Monday would provide training for police and park rangers in Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya and other countries, the officials on Obama's plane said.
  • (17) And that means Marian Gaborik, the former Ranger, is about to hear it from a hostile crowd...
  • (18) Swansea, however, have now dropped 13 points from winning positions and will need to play better against Queen’s Park Rangers on Tuesday night if they are to stay on track for a top-10 finish.
  • (19) And way back when in February 1968, they both played at home in the Scottish Cup, United kicking off against Hearts at 2pm, Dundee playing Rangers at 3pm.
  • (20) Heller called Bundy’s militia supporters, many of whom had trained semi-automatic rifles on government rangers during the stand-off, “patriots”; now his spokesman is saying that the senator “completely disagrees with Mr Bundy’s appalling and racist statements”.