Boy vs Depth - What's the difference?
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Male servant.
# (now, rare) A male servant, in general senses.
# (historical, now, offensive) A non-white male servant, as used especially by whites in a colonial settlement etc.
# (now, offensive) A non-white male.
(obsolete) A lower-class or disreputable man; a worthless person.
* 1608 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , Act I Scene 4:
A young male human; a male child or young adult.
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* (Walter Scott)
A man of any age, used as a friendly diminutive, or of a man who is merely younger than the speaker.
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(colloquial) A male friend or fellow of some group, community etc. (mainly used in the plural).
(US, slang) Heroin.
to use the word boy to refer to someone
to act as a boy (qualifier, in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage)
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The vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep.
The distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet.
(figuratively) The intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.
Lowness.
(computing, colors) The total palette of available colors.
(arts, photography) The property of appearing three-dimensional.
(literary, usually plural) The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)
(literary, usually plural) A very remote part.
The most severe part.
(logic) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.
(horology) A pair of toothed wheels which work together.
(statistics) The lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values.
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As nouns the difference between boy and depth
is that boy is while depth is the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep.boy
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Alternative forms
* boi (Jamaican English)Noun
(en noun)- When the 'dipenda' (independence movement) in Belgian Congo turned violent, the white colonisers' often materially privileged black domestic boys were mistrusted and often abused as collaborators.
- Dost thou call me fool, boy ?
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- My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee.
- I like the boy .
Synonyms
* brat * knave * lad * squirt * youngster * youth * See alsoSee also
* (African-American) uncleAntonyms
* (young male) girlDerived terms
* altar boy * attaboy * bad boy * bagboy * ball boy, ballboy * bat boy * b-boy * bell boy, bellboy * best boy * big boys * blue-eyed boy * boi * boy band * boy-bishop * boy crazy * boyfriend * boy genius * boyhood * boy howdy * boyish * boyism * boykin (diminutive) * boy oh boy * boy racer * boys and their toys * boy scout * boytjie * boy toy * boys will be boys * boy wonder * bully boy * bum boy * cabin boy * city boy * college boy * copy boy * cowboy * delivery boy * doughboy * farm boy * frat boy * golden boy * homeboy * house boy * lawnboy * little boy * lowboy * mama’s boy]], [[mummy's boy, mummy’s boy * my boy * nancy boy * newsboy * office boy * oh boy * old boy * our boy * page boy, pageboy * paper boy, paperboy * pizza boy, pizzaboy * pool boy * poor boy, po’ boy * poster boy * potboy * pretty boy * rent boy * sailor boy * sea boy * shop boy * sonny boy * stableboy * tallboy * Teddy boy * tomboy * traffic boy * water boy * whipping boy * whiteboy, white boy * wide boy * wolf boy * yellow boy, yellow-boyDescendants
* Irish English: boyo * Vietnamese:Verb
(en verb)- I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.
See also
* girl, man (antonyms in some senses) * *References
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* * 1000 English basic words ----depth
English
Noun
(en noun)- Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.
- The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.
- The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.
- We were impressed by the depth of her knowledge.
- the depth of a sound
- The depth of field in this picture is amazing.
- The burning ship finally sunk into the depths .
- Into the depths of the jungle...
- In the depths of the night,
- in the depth of the crisis
- in the depths of winter
Ordered Batch of 9 Values | |||||||||
Value | 15 | 32 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 56 | 69 | 77 | 97 |
Depth | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |