Boxer vs Pant - What's the difference?
boxer | pant |
A participant (fighter) in a boxing match.
A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
The person running a game of two-up.
One who packs boxes.
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
(obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
(ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
* Dryden
* Shelley
To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
* Herbert
To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
* Bible, Psalms xlii. 1
* Alexander Pope
Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
* Alexander Pope
(fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
(used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
As nouns the difference between boxer and pant
is that boxer is boxer (a breed of dog) while pant is a quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp or pant can be (fashion) a pair of pants (trousers or underpants) or pant can be a public drinking fountain in scotland and north-east england.As a verb pant is
(ambitransitive) to breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.boxer
English
Noun
(en noun)- You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.''
Synonyms
* (participant in a boxing match) pugilist * (type of engine) boxer engineDerived terms
* boxer shorts, boxers * kick-boxer, kickboxerSee also
* wrestler * (Boxer) * ----pant
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), whence also English dialectal (m). Possibly from (etyl) (m), a byform or of (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- (Shakespeare)
References
* *Verb
- Pluto plants for breath from out his cell.
- There is a cavern where my spirit / Was panted forth in anguish.
- Then shall our hearts pant thee.
- As the hart panteth after the water brooks.
- Who pants for glory finds but short repose.
- (Spenser)
- The whispering breeze / Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.
Synonyms
* (breathe quickly or in a labored manner) gasp * (long for) crave, desire, long for, pine for * (long eagerly) crave, desire, long, pine * palpitate, pound, throbEtymology 2
From pantsNoun
(en noun)- Pant leg
Derived terms
* pant cuff * pant leg * pantsuit, pant suit * panty, pantiesEtymology 3
UnknownReferences
*PMSA pagewith several examples * OED 2nd edition