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Brad vs Bowman - What's the difference?

brad | bowman |

As an adjective brad

is sudden, fast, busy, full of hurry.

As a proper noun bowman is

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brad

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
  • * 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 5:
    • Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch.
  • A , a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.

    • Derived terms

    * bradawl

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) * (l) ----

    bowman

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (bowmen)
  • (archery) An archer.
  • * Bible, Jer. iv. 29
    • The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen .
    Derived terms
    * bowman's root

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (bowmen)
  • (nautical) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.