Big vs Boss - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between big and boss

is that big is a biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants while boss is boss (person in charge, supervisor).

big

English

Etymology 1

From a northern (etyl) dialectal term (m), .

Adjective

(bigger)

Of great size, large.

*:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line,, with their court of farm and church and clustered village, in dignified seclusion.

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(lb) Thought to have undue influence.

Popular.

(lb) Adult.

*1931 , , Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:

*:By midnight, however, the last light had fled / For even big people have then gone to bed[.]

(lb) Fat.

(lb) Important or significant.

*:"I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."

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Enthusiastic (about).

(lb) Mature, conscientious, principled.

(lb) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.

Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.

*(and other bibliographic details) (Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)

*:[Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.

(lb)

Synonyms

* (of a great size) ample, huge, large, sizeable, stoor, jumbo, massive * (adult) adult, fully grown, grown up * See also

Antonyms

* (of a great size) little, small, tiny, minuscule, miniature, minute * (adult) little, young

Derived terms

* Big Apple * big-ass * big baby * big band * Big Bang * big bath * big beat * Big Ben * Big Bertha * big blind * big bluestem * Big Board * big-boned * big box * big boy/big boys * big break * big brother * Big Brother * big bucks * big business * big C * big cat * big cheese * Big Crunch * Big D * big daddy * big deal * Big Dipper * Big Easy * big enchilada * big end * big fat/big-fat/big phat * big figure * big fish * big fly * Big Four * big game * biggie, no biggie * big girl's blouse * big government * big gun * big H/Big H * big hair * big hand * big head/big-head * big-headed * big-hearted * big house * big idea * big if * big iron * Big Island * big kid * big labor * big-league * big lick * big lie * big lug * big kahuna * Big Mac * big money * big mouth * Big Muddy * big name / big-name * bigness * big O * big O notation * big old/big ole * big one/the big one * big pharma * big picture * Big Q * big rig * Big Rip * big science * big screen * big shagbank * big shot * big shoulder * big six/the big six * Big Six * big sleep * big slick * Big Smoke * big spender * big spring * big stick * Big Sur * big talk * big tent * Big Three * big-ticket * big time/big-time/bigtime * big toe * big top/big-top * big tree * Big Uglies * big up * big wheel * big whoop * big wig/big-wig/bigwig * big-wigged * big wow * great big * hit it big * make it big * /Mr Big/Mister Big * the bigs * too big for one's boots * too big to fail

Adverb

(bigger)

In a loud manner.

In a boasting manner.

He's always talking big , but he never delivers.

In a large amount or to a large extent.

He won big betting on the croquet championship.

On a large scale, expansively

You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.

Hard.

He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.

Noun

(en noun)

An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.

(as plural) The big leagues, big time.

Synonyms

* (big leagues) major leagues

Verb

(up)

To praise or recommend

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

Verb

to inhabit; occupy

to locate one's self

to build; erect; fashion

to dwell; have a dwelling

Etymology 3

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l), (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(-)

One or more kinds of barley, especially (six-rowed barley).

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boss

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bos, bose, boce, from (etyl) .

Noun

(es)

A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.

(geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.

A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.

(mechanics) A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.

(architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.

(archery) the target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.

A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.

(Gwilt)

A head or reservoir of water.

Derived terms

* bossless * bosslike * emboss

Verb

(es)

To decorate with bosses; to emboss.

Etymology 2

Apparently a corruption of (bass).

Noun

(es)

(obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.

* 1916 , , Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 36:

All were waiting : uncle Charles, who sat far away in the shadow of the window, Dante and Mr Casey, who sat in the easy chairs at either side of the hearth, Stephen, seated on a chair between them, his feet resting on a toasting boss .

Synonyms

* (hassock or footrest): footrest, hassock

Etymology 3

From (etyl) baas, from (etyl) . Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative, later, in , it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master.

Noun

(es)

A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.

A person in charge of a business or company.

Chat turned to whisper when the boss entered the conference room.

My boss complains that I'm always late to work.

A leader, the head of an organized group or team.

They named him boss because he had good leadership skills.

The head of a political party in a given region or district.

He is the Republican boss in Kentucky.

(informal) A term of address to a man.

Yes, boss .

(video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.

(humorous) Wife.

There's no olive oil, will sunflower oil do? — I'll have to run that by the boss .

Synonyms

* (person in charge of a business or company): employer * (person who oversees and directs the work of others): line manager, manager, supervisor * (leader of an organized group or team): head, leader * (head of a political party in a given region or district): leader * : gov/guv (UK), guvnor (UK), mate (UK) * See also

Derived terms

* boss battle * boss fight * miniboss * final boss * show someone who's boss * you're the boss

Verb

(es)

To exercise authoritative control over; to lord over; to boss around; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.

* 1931 , Robert L. May, Rudolph'', ''The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Montgomery Ward (publisher):

By YOU last night’s journey was actually bossed / Without you, I’m certain, we’d all have been lost.

* 1932 , Lorine Pruette, The Parent and the Happy Child , page 76

His sisters bossed him and spoiled him. All their lives he was to go on being their little brother, who could do no wrong, because he was the baby; [...]

* 1967 , Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The purloined paperweight , page 90

She bossed him, and he's never gotten over it. She still orders him around, and instead of telling her to go soak her head, he just says 'Yes, ma'am' as weak as a newborn jellyfish [...]

* 1980 , Jean Toomer The wayward and the seeking: a collection of writings by Jean Toomer , page 40

For if, on the one hand, I bossed him and showed him what to do and how to do it, [...]

Derived terms

* boss about, boss around

Adjective

(-)

(slang, American, Liverpool) Of excellent quality, first-rate.

''Don't you think surfing's boss ?

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