What's the difference between spotter and team?

Spotter


Definition:

  • (n.) One who spots.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It consists of a clinical assessment made by a surgical tutor over a period of six weeks throughout a student's surgical term, a visual, clinically orientated written examination a "spotter-type" practical examination and a viva-voce examination.
  • (2) A plane-spotter, Anthony Castorani, told CNN he heard a "pop" as the jet landed, followed by a brief fireball at which point the aircraft began to break up and spin.
  • (3) These were (i) the introduction of "spotters" with experience in sports medicine to identify and advise exhausted runners before they collapse; (ii) staffing the run's medical centre with medical and nursing specialists in intensive care; (iii) improved management of heat exhaustion; and (iv) conducting education seminars after the run to make recommendations for improving subsequent events.
  • (4) It seems highly probable that both Costellos are agents of the RIS, Costello’s role may well be that of a talent spotter,” notes the MI5 file.
  • (5) Until now, we have been limited to lists of suspicious aircraft and networks of flight routes pieced together painstakingly using information from everyone from plane spotters to the European parliament.
  • (6) Hare accused the trend spotters of the early 21st century of lining up eagerly to pretend the controversy which raged around Look Back In Anger was "some kind of ghastly mistake".
  • (7) "We have been impressed by the efforts made to prevent football hooliganism in foreign countries by sending 'spotters' to help pick out those at risk of committing criminal acts and believe similar practical help would be beneficial in the fight against terrorism," the MPs say.
  • (8) They have been acting as spotters to identify military targets for air strikes and cruise missiles.
  • (9) Straw has been Blackburn's MP for 33 years; he replaced Barbara Castle, for whom he had worked as a special adviser (something of a talent-spotter, Castle once said that she had employed Straw for his "guile and low cunning").
  • (10) She was a great spotter of talent, and contributors would often come into the office for a chat; Mario Testino shot early fashion for the fashion editor Liz Connell, Craig Brown became music critic and Deborah Moggach was a regular contributor.
  • (11) Follow the children's quiz trail around the house and garden, using tracker packs with secret messages and spotter sheets.
  • (12) Chloe Dewe Mathews: ‘Day-trippers from east London perform Maghrib, the Islamic evening prayer on the promenade at Southend.’ The title of the series, Thames Log , came from the ship spotters at Tilbury, who “sit all day logging the continual stream of vessels passing through”.
  • (13) Others are pros on the lower levels hoping to be picked up by the UFC’s talent spotters.
  • (14) The best known is the military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is accused of being an artillery spotter for the Ukrainian forces and involved in the deaths of two Russian journalists .
  • (15) The spotter was a man called Peter Beard , a well-connected photographer and Africophile.
  • (16) Spotter's ratings: ★★★★★ I don't believe it!
  • (17) The town of Ottery St Mary enjoyed something of a tourist boom as beaver spotters headed to Devon to try to spot the creatures and many naturalists argued that the beavers were good news for biodiversity and could ease flooding problems because their dams slow the rate water moves down rivers, such as the Otter.
  • (18) 4 Dec, Helmand W Company, 45 Commando Royal Marines, shoot and wound man as possible "spotter" .
  • (19) ZSL’s spotters take advantage of the seals’ moulting season in August, when they shuffle up sandbanks to shed their coat and grow a new one, making double-counting less likely.
  • (20) • The routine use of forward intellience teams (FITs) who film, photograph and follow protesters, and use "spotter cards" to identify activists and store their information on databases raises fundamental privacy issues and should be reviewed.

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.