Bossy vs Mature - What's the difference?
bossy | mature |
Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
(US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
* about 1900 , O. Henry,
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
Profound; careful.
(obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
To become mature; to ripen.
To gain experience or wisdom with age.
(finance) To reach the date when payment is due
As adjectives the difference between bossy and mature
is that bossy is tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering while mature is fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.As a noun bossy
is a cow or calf.As a verb mature is
to become mature; to ripen.bossy
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible * see alsoEtymology 2
Diminutive of dialectal English boss, as used in the term ).Noun
(bossies)- A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.
Etymology 3
mature
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- She is quite mature for her age.
- The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.