Boss vs Jefe - What's the difference?
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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.
A head or reservoir of water.
To decorate with bosses; to emboss.
(obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.
* 1916 , , Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 36:
A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
A person in charge of a business or company.
A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
The head of a political party in a given region or district.
(informal) A term of address to a man.
(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.
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):
* 1932 , Lorine Pruette, The Parent and the Happy Child , page 76
* 1967 , Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The purloined paperweight , page 90
* 1980 , Jean Toomer The wayward and the seeking: a collection of writings by Jean Toomer , page 40
(slang, American, Liverpool) Of excellent quality, first-rate.
(US, informal) An officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff.
* 1887 , Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Central America , page 153, History Company
* 1898 , Southern Pacific Company Passenger Department, Sunset , Sunset Magazines Inc. (1912), pages 313-314
* 1900 , United States War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department , U.S. Government Printing Office
(US) A boss in a business, company or other organization.
* 1982 January, George Durham, Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers , page 120, University of Texas Press
* 1998 June, Thomas Miller Klubock, Contested communities: Class, Gender, and Politics in Chile's El Teniente Copper Mine, 1904-1948 , page 147, Duke University Press
* 2004 December, Jeffrey Harris Cohen, The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico , University of Texas Press
* 2005 May, Monica Rico, EMails that Go Nowhere , Google Mail.
As nouns the difference between boss and jefe
is that boss is a swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object or boss can be (obsolete) a hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw or boss can be a person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor while jefe is (us|informal) an officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff.As a verb boss
is to decorate with bosses; to emboss or boss can be to exercise authoritative control over; to lord over; to boss around; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.As a adjective boss
is (slang|american|liverpool) of excellent quality, first-rate.boss
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bos, bose, boce, from (etyl) .Noun
(es)- (Gwilt)
Derived terms
* bossless * bosslike * embossVerb
(es)Etymology 2
Apparently a corruption of (bass).Noun
(es)- 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, hassockEtymology 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)- Chat turned to whisper when the boss entered the conference room.
- My boss complains that I'm always late to work.
- They named him boss because he had good leadership skills.
- He is the Republican boss in Kentucky.
- Yes, boss .
- 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 alsoDerived terms
* boss battle * boss fight * miniboss * final boss * show someone who's boss * you're the bossVerb
(es)- By YOU last night’s journey was actually bossed / Without you, I’m certain, we’d all have been lost.
- 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; [...]
- 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 [...]
- 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 aroundAdjective
(-)- ''Don't you think surfing's boss ?
Anagrams
* * ----jefe
English
Noun
(en noun)- Antonio Rivera Cabezas was chosen vice-jefe in March 1830.
- before he stepped forward uttering the stereotyped greeting, the Texan had put him down as the jefe or head man....
- Snatching up the rifle he lit out after the jefe , who had left two jumps ahead of the smoke.
- Hilario Saño, a suspect, resident here but much doubted by the jefe local, was put to the test
- “They ain’t going to deliver the cattle across.... They’ve taken too much of a beating as it is. They’ve lost their big jefe and lots of men.”
- When they were slacking off in the mine, for example, and a jefe arrived unexpectedly, they shouted loro'' (parrot) or ''fuego (fire) as warning signals.
- A jefe' in this sense is a mentor, a person who is often a compadre of the migrant.''...'' In any case, a ' jefe is not a loan shark
- A jefe in this sense refers to a true boss, the leader of the household, also known as Jose Rico.
