What's the difference between skipper and team?

Skipper


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, skips.
  • (n.) A young, thoughtless person.
  • (n.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
  • (n.) The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
  • (n.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
  • (n.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
  • (n.) A ship boy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Brazil skipper Thiago Silva must sit this one out on the naughty step after picking up a silly booking - his second of the tournament - for obstructing Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina as he attempted to take a kick.
  • (2) In electrophysiological experiments intracellular microelectrode recordings of responses to illumination are made from single retinular cells of the skipper, Epargyreus clarus, an animal that lacks iris pigment.
  • (3) You always wonder how the AL skipper is going to fare under National League rules, and as far as I can tell, Farrell has never been a part of a NL team as a player or as a coach or manager.
  • (4) McKenzie’s concerns about the portrayal of a dying reef are shared by Claire Zwick, a former GBRMPA boat skipper and now co-owner of Coral Sea Dreaming in Cairns.
  • (5) Kyle Lohse has been insane this season, yet some were surprised when Cards skipper Mike Matheny picked him to start the wild-card game against the Braves.
  • (6) Many butterfly names are inaccurate – the Essex skipper, for instance, is found far beyond that county – and some are becoming more so.
  • (7) A skipper has no say in selection, he has no say in tactics, he has no say in substitutions.
  • (8) Fishing boat skipper Steve Yeandle was in no doubt.
  • (9) Costa Rican Carlos Hernandez whipped in a pinpoint free-kick from the left for skipper Durante to shade home on the far post.
  • (10) The ball was crossed from the left and the Liverpool skipper looped it into the top right-hand corner with a fine header from the edge of the six-yard box.
  • (11) Clean break England's new skipper's line on chastity: 2007 – Rio denies organising the £4k-per-head Man United Christmas party, which was set up, a club insider told the press, "for players only: strictly no wives or girlfriends.
  • (12) The first (Skipper) assumes that sensitive and resistant populations are present at the beginning of treatment.
  • (13) Still, it’s an impressive coup for the league to ensure their part of the deal and the stability it brings – whatever the multi-platform future, the large-scale TV deal is still one of the key unsentimental litmus tests for how a league is translating, and while the network executives, particularly ESPN’s John Skipper, acknowledged that “it’s a future buy.
  • (14) ESPN chief executive John Skipper said in a memo to the sports network’s staff members that Smith’s comments don’t reflect the company’s viewpoint or values.
  • (15) Skipper admitted he does not want a repeat of last time when they were salami-sliced by 15%, along with all the other – much better financed, Northern Ballet point out – ballet and opera companies.
  • (16) I have known Daniel Sturridge a long time but the skipper has been great with us,” said Delph, who was one of four new faces called up last week.
  • (17) Below is Tate Hill Sands, where the ship carrying Dracula ran aground, its crew missing, its dead skipper lashed to the wheel.
  • (18) Separately, a Gambian skipper suspected of smuggling 116 African migrants was detained by Italian police.
  • (19) Photograph: Alamy There are whales and dolphins just off the coast, and it is possible to avoid the more commercial whale-watching trips; I sailed with skipper João Vieira on the Ilhéu , an elegant 1946 ketch.
  • (20) Based on response to a 124-item food checklist, subjects' usual breakfast habits were classified into one of six discrete categories: 1) Skipper, 2) Ready-to-Eat (RTE) cereal with Fiber, 3) Traditional Breakfast, 4) Chips or Sweets, 5) Other RTE, or 6) Mixed Breakfasts.

Team


Definition:

  • (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.
  • (n.) Hence, a number of animals moving together.
  • (n.) Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like.
  • (n.) A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc.
  • (n.) A flock of wild ducks.
  • (n.) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
  • (v. i.) To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster.
  • (v. t.) To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We attribute this in part to early diagnosis by computed tomography (CT), but a contributory factor may be earlier referrals from country centres to a paediatric trauma centre and rapid transfer, by air or road, by medical retrieval teams.
  • (2) As players, we want what's right, and we feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team.” The NBA has also said that Shelly Sterling should not remain as owner.
  • (3) It arguably became too comfortable for Rodgers' team, with complacency and slack defending proving a dangerous brew.
  • (4) However, as the plan unravels, Professor Marcus's team turn on one another, with painfully (if painfully funny) results.
  • (5) No report can be taken seriously if its authors weren’t even in Yemen to conduct investigations.” The UN team was not given permission to enter the country.
  • (6) In Essex, police are putting on extra patrols during and after England's first match and placing domestic violence intelligence teams in police control rooms.
  • (7) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
  • (8) What shouldn't get lost among the hits, home runs and the intentional and semi-intentional walks is that Ortiz finally seems comfortable with having a leadership role with his team.
  • (9) These included: 1) association of infectious processes with other laboratory results; 2) a feeling of integration with the patient and health care team; and 3) the introduction of medical terminology.
  • (10) Speaking to pro-market thinktank Reform, Milburn called for “more competition” and said the shadow health team were making a “fundamental political misjudgment” by attempting to roll back policies he had overseen.
  • (11) From November, 1972 to November, 1974 the members of the team of a haemodialysis unit were systematically given Australia antigen immunoglobulin protection.
  • (12) Four goals, four assists, and constant movement have been a key part of the team’s success.
  • (13) A man wearing a badge that says "property team" quietly parries some of her points, but chooses not to engage with others.
  • (14) They could go out and trade for a pitcher such as the New York Mets’ Bartolo Colón , an obvious choice despite his 41 years, but he would come with an $11m price tag for next season and have to pass through the waiver wires process first – considering the wily mood Billy Beane is in this year, the A’s could be the team that blocks such a move.
  • (15) It certainly isn’t a good time for the association but we as a team are insisting on this being cleared up transparently and Wolfgang Niersbach, as president, is part of that.
  • (16) 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.
  • (17) We asked our team to design the 22nd century newsroom.
  • (18) But we sent out reconnoitres in the morning; we send out a team in advance and they get halfway down the road, maybe a quarter of the way down the road, sometimes three-quarters of the way down the road – we tried this three days in a row – and then the shelling starts and while I can’t point the finger at who starts the shelling, we get the absolute assurances from the Ukraine government that it’s not them.” Flags on all Australian government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Thursday, and an interdenominational memorial service will be held at St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne from 10.30am.
  • (19) At the moment they’re playing some of the best football I’ve seen from any Tottenham team for many, many years.
  • (20) A team-oriented problem-solving procedure using management project teams was developed to improve quality of care and productivity in a private, nonprofit hospital.