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Bogey vs Bogie - What's the difference?

bogey | bogie | Alternative forms |

Bogie is a synonym of bogey.

Bogie is a alternative form of bogey.



In lang=en terms the difference between bogey and bogie

is that bogey is to make a bogey while bogie is a toy similar to a violin bow, consisting of a wooden stick with notches along one or more sides or edges to produce a rattly noise when kratzed (stroked) against a hard edge, lip of container etc.

As a verb bogey

is to make a bogey.

bogey

English

Alternative forms

* bogie * bogy

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) The Devil.
  • An object of terror; a bugbear.
  • *1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 54:
  • *:If one man could be said to be responsible for the creation of the Russian bogy , it was a much-decorated British general named Sir Robert Wilson.
  • One of two sets of wheels under a train car.
  • (UK) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril.
  • (engineering) A representative specimen, taken from the centre a spread of production - a sample with bogey (typical) characteristics.
  • (engineering) a standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
  • An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen, and often suspected to be hostile. (Also sometimes used as a synonym for bandit - an enemy aircraft)
  • (golf) A score of one over par in golf.

    • Synonyms

    * (piece of semisolid mucus) booger (US)

    Related terms

    * double bogey

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (golf) To make a bogey.

    • See also

    * bogart / Bogart ----

    bogie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bogey * bogy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rail, British, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) Structure with axles and wheels under a railway carriage or locomotive, called railroad truck in US English. Also used under semitrailers, and lorries with more than one rear axle.
  • (Indian English) Railway carriage
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  • (military) An aircraft of unknown friend/foe status. (compare bandit)
  • (golf) A score one stroke higher than par on any one hole.
  • (music) A toy similar to a violin bow, consisting of a wooden stick with notches along one or more sides or edges to produce a rattly noise when kratzed (stroked) against a hard edge, lip of container etc.
  • A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril.
  • (Ulster Scots) .