Brand vs Service - What's the difference?
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A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.
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(archaic) A sword.
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A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle, or to classify the contents of a cask.
A branding iron.
A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or service, or its provider.
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A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.
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The reputation among some population of an organization, of the products sold under a particular brand name, or of a person.
Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
:When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
:The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.
To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
:Her face is branded upon my memory.
To stigmatize, label (someone).
:He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.
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*:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
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, title= (marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
:They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.
(advertising) Associated with a particular product, service, or company.
An act of being of assistance to someone.
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, title= (economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.
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, title= (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group
The military.
A set of dishes or utensils.
(sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
A religious rite or ritual.
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, title= (legal) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
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(Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, West Bank) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
A musical composition for use in churches.
(obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
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(nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
To serve.
To perform maintenance.
(transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse
(vulgar) To perform a sexual act.
As an adjective brand
is burnt, branded.As a noun service is
service (eg in a restaurant) or service can be service, set.brand
English
(wikipedia brand)Noun
(en noun)- Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.
- Paradise, so late their happy seat, / Waved over by that flaming brand .
- (Tennyson)
Synonyms
* trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name * (reputation) repute, name, good nameDerived terms
* brand awareness * brand equity * brand image * brand linkage * brand name * brand parity * brand stretch * branding * branding moment * own brandSee also
* * * * * * * * Picture Sorts * trademark * servicemarkVerb
(en verb)Man Utd 1-6 Man City, passage=As Ferguson strode briskly towards the Stretford End at the final whistle, he will have been reflecting on the extent of the challenge now facing him from the club he once branded "noisy neighbours".}}
Adjective
(-)- That computer company has brand recognition.
- Have we settled on our brand name?
service
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m) (French: (m)), from the verb (m) < (etyl) (m), from .Noun
(en noun)- I say I did him a service by ending our relationship - now he can freely pursue his career.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.}}
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
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- He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service , which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner.
- Pray, do my service to his majesty.
Usage notes
In British English, the indefinite article “a” is often used with “good service”, as in “A good service is operating on all London Underground lines,” while this is not used in American English.Antonyms
* (action or work that is produced and consumed) good * capitalDerived terms
* accept service * advisory service * all-up service * answering service * bond service * church service * civil service * client service * community service * curb service * customer service * debt service * denial of service * denture service * dinner service * diplomatic service * disservice * divine service * ecological service * emergency service * escort service * extension service * eyeservice * fanservice * fee-for-service * food service * foreign service * full-service * health service * ill service * in service * lip service * memorial service * military service * multiservice * national service * online service * out of service * personal service * postal service * power service * prayer service * public service * quality of service * room service * secret service * Secret Service * selective service * self-service * service area * service book * service break * service bureau * service call * service cap * service ceiling * service center * service charge * service club * service contract * service court * service dog * service door * service elevator * service line * service loop * service mark * service module * service of process * service pipe * service plaza * service provider * service road * service station * service stripe * serviceman * servicewoman * shared service * silent service * silver service * social service * substituted service * table service * tea service * unservice * unserviced * web service * wire service * yeoman's serviceVerb
(servic)- They service the customer base.
- He is going to service the car.
- He was going to service her.
