Boss vs Shoulder - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between boss and shoulder

is that boss is to exercise authoritative control over; to lord over; to boss around; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly while shoulder is to form a shape resembling a shoulder.

As an adjective boss

is of excellent quality, first-rate.

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 ?

Anagrams

* * ----

shoulder

English

Noun

(en noun)

(lb) The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.

#The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.

#*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder . The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.

#*:With just the turn of a shoulder' she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, ''Mount Vernon'', river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he smiled and also shrugged a ' shoulder .

#(lb) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

#A cut of meat comprised of the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.

#The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.

Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.

A shelf between two levels.

#A part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency; a hard shoulder.

#The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.

#*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

#*:the north western shoulder of the mountain

#The lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.

#The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.

#An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.

(lb) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.

The portion below the neck.

#(lb) The rounded portion of stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.

#The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.

#(lb) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.

(lb) That which supports or sustains; support.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:In thy shoulder do I build my seat.

Derived terms

* cold shoulder * hard shoulder * rub shoulders * shoulder bag * shoulder blade * shoulder check * shoulder-length * shoulder pad * shoulder season * shoulder to cry on * straight from the shoulder * you can't put an old head on young shoulders

Verb

(en verb)

To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.

* (rfdate) (Edmond Spenser)

As they the earth would shoulder from her seat.

* (rfdate) (Rowe)

''Around her numberless the rabble flowed, / Shouldering each other, crowding for a view.

To carry (something) on one's shoulders.

(figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.

To put (something) on one's shoulders.

(figuratively) To accept responsibility for.

shoulder the blame

To place (something) against one's shoulders.

To form a shape resembling a shoulder.

To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.