Crew vs Command - What's the difference?
crew | command |
A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, or airplane
A member of the crew of a vessel or plant
(obsolete) Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.
* Spenser
* Milton
A member of a ship's company who is not an officer
(arts) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast
A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast
A group of people working together on a task
A close group of friends
A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker
* 1861 William Weston Patton, (version of) John Brown's Body
* {{quote-book, 1950, Bernard Nicholas Schilling, Conservative England and the Case Against Voltaire, page=266
, passage=Malignant principles bear fruit in kind and the Revolution did no more than practice what men had been taught by the abandoned crew of philosophers. }}
(slang, hip-hop) A hip-hop group
* {{quote-book, 2003, Jennifer Guglielmo & Salvatore Salerno, Are Italians White?, page=150
, passage=We decided we needed another rapper in the crew and spent months looking.}}
(sports, rowing, uncountable) The sport of competitive rowing.
* {{quote-book, 1989, & Mary Morgan, Spock on Spock
, passage=Two Andover classmates, Al Wilson and Al Lindley, both went out for crew in our freshman year at Yale.}}
(rowing) A rowing team manning a single shell.
* {{quote-book, 1888, , Boating
, passage=If a crew feather much under water, it is a good plan to seat them in a row on a bench, and give each man a stick to handle as an oar.}}
Image:STS-87_crew_1.jpg, Crew of a spaceship
Image:Toronto female rowing team.jpg, Crew of a rowing shell
Image:ScottKalittaDragsterPits.jpg, Crew working on a race car
Image:Daara J.jpg, A hip-hop crew
To be a member of a vessel's crew
To be a member of a work or production crew
To supply workers or sailors for a crew
* {{quote-book, 2003, Kirk C. Jenkins, The Battle Rages Higher, isbn=0813122813, page=42
, passage= Steele crewed the boat with men from his own regiment and volunteers from John Wood's detachment.}}
(nautical) To do the proper work of a sailor
(nautical) To take on, recruit (new) crew
* {{quote-news, 1967, January, , Tampa, The Pilot, page=30
, passage=The two ships will be crewing in the latter half of September.}}
(British) (crow) To have made the characteristic sound of a rooster.
(British, dialectal) A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs
* {{quote-book, 2004, , On the Edge, page=7
, passage=Between the shippon and the pig-crew , with the wind blowing over from the vegetable ground.}}
An order to do something.
The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
(military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
* 1899 ,
Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
(computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
(baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
* Francis Bacon
* Shakespeare
To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
* Macaulay
* Shakespeare
To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
* 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]
to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
To hold, to control the use of.
* Motley
* Shakespeare
* Addison
(archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.
* Milton
(obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.
* Bible, Leviticus xxv. 21
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between crew and command
is that crew is (obsolete) any company of people; an assemblage; a throng while command is (obsolete) to direct to come; to bestow.As nouns the difference between crew and command
is that crew is a group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, or airplane or crew can be (british|dialectal) a pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs or crew can be the manx shearwater while command is an order to do something.As verbs the difference between crew and command
is that crew is to be a member of a vessel's crew or crew can be (british) (crow) to have made the characteristic sound of a rooster while command is to order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.crew
English
Etymology 1
from (etyl), from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- If you need help, please contact a member of the crew .
- The crews of the two ships got into a fight.
- One crew died in the accident.
- There a noble crew / Of lords and ladies stood on every side.
- Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew ?
- The officers and crew assembled on the deck.
- ''There are quarters for three officers and five crew .
- There are a lot of carpenters in the crew !
- The crews for different movies would all come down to the bar at night.
- There were three actors and six crew on the set.
- The crews competed to cut the most timber.
- I'd look out for that whole crew down at Jack's.
- He captured Harper’s Ferry, with his nineteen men so few,
- And frightened "Old Virginny" till she trembled thru and thru;
- They hung him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew ,
- But his soul is marching on.
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Synonyms
* (group manning a vessel) ship's company, all hands, complement * (member of a crew) crewer, member; nautical only : sailor, seaman * (non-officer ship worker) seaman * (non-cast dramatic personnel) staff, stagehand * (group engaged in a task) team, gang * (social group) clique, gang, pack, crowd, bunch, lot (UK); posse * (group lumped together) crowd, flock, lot, gang * (hip-hop group) posse, band, groupDerived terms
* crew cut * crewless * crewman * crew mate * ground crew/groundcrew * motley crew * skeleton crewVerb
(en verb)- We crewed together on a fishing boat last year.
- The ship was crewed by fifty sailors.
- The film was crewed and directed by students.
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- The crewing of the vessel before the crash was deficient.
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Derived terms
* crewer * uncrewed * crew upEtymology 2
Verb
(head)- It was still dark when the cock crew .
Etymology 3
Probably of (etyl) origin.Noun
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See also
* *command
English
Noun
(en noun)- I was given a command to cease shooting.
- to have command of an army
- he had command of the situation
- England has long held command of the sea
- a good command of language
- General Smith was placed in command .
- Command cannot be otherwise than savage, for it implies an appeal to force, should force be needful.'' (''H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 180)
- I asked myself what I was to do there, now my boat was lost. As a matter of fact, I had plenty to do in fishing my command out of the river.
- He's got good command tonight.
Verb
(en verb)- The soldier was commanded to cease firing.
- The king commanded his servant to bring him dinner.
- We are commanded' to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are ' commanded to forgive our friends.
- Go to your mistress: / Say, I command her come to me.
- to command an army or a ship
- Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries.
- Such aid as I can spare you shall command .
- he commanded silence
- If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread. (Mat. IV. 3.)
- The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.
- Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.)
- A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people.
- Justice commands the respect and affections of the people.
- The best goods command the best price.
- This job commands a salary of £30,000.
- The fort commanded the bay.
- bridges commanded by a fortified house
- Up to the eastern tower, / Whose height commands as subject all the vale.
- One side commands a view of the finest garden.
- Far and wide his eye commands .
- I will command my blessing upon you.
