Bomber vs Somber - What's the difference?
bomber | somber |
A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
A bomber jacket.
* 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont,
(US) A 22-ounce beer bottle.
(climbing, slang) Completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear (n.b. the forms "more bomber" or "most bomber" are unusual).
Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
* {{quote-book
, year=2002
, author=Dirk Wittenborn
, title=Fierce People
, passage=My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus .}}
Dark, lacking color or brightness.
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As a noun bomber
is bomber (aircraft designed to drop bombs).As an adjective somber is
dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.As a verb somber is
.bomber
English
Etymology 1
(bomb)Noun
(en noun)How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Guardian )
- First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt. Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat.
