Bull vs Human - What's the difference?
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An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
#Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals.
A large, strong man.
(lb) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
(lb) A policeman.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
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*:Half-a-crown'' is known as an (alderman), (half a bull), (half a tusheroon), and a (madza caroon); whilst a ''crown'' piece, or ''five shillings , may be called either a (bull), or a (caroon), or a (cartwheel), or a (coachwheel), or a (thick-un), or a (tusheroon).
A man.
Large and strong, like a bull.
Of large mammals, male.
(finance) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)
To force oneself (in a particular direction).
To lie, to tell untruths.
To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
(UK, military) To polish boots to a high shine.
(finance) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
(finance) To endeavour to raise prices in.
A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
A lie.
(euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
(notcomp) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=20 * 2011 August 17, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.,
A human being, whether man, woman or child.
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, title= (lb) To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.
* 2013 , Biosocial Becomings (ISBN 110702563X), page 19:
* 1911 , The collected works of Ambrose Bierce , volume 9, page 362:
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As nouns the difference between bull and human
is that bull is an adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen while human is a human being, whether man, woman or child.As adjectives the difference between bull and human
is that bull is large and strong, like a bull while human is of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.As verbs the difference between bull and human
is that bull is to force oneself (in a particular direction) while human is to behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.As a proper noun Bull
is {{surname|lang=en}.bull
English
(wikipedia bull)Etymology 1
From (etyl) bul, bule, from (etyl) . More at blow.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* guy, dude, bro, cat * cop, copper, pig (derogatory''), rozzer (''British ). See alsoAntonyms
* bearCoordinate terms
* cow, ox, calf, steerAdjective
(-)- a bull elephant
Synonyms
* (large and strong) beefy, hunky, robust * (male): maleAntonyms
* (large and strong): feeble, puny, weak * (male): female * (of a market): bearVerb
- He bulled his way in .
- to bull railroad bonds
- to bull the market
Derived terms
* bulldog * bulldozer * bulldust * bullfrog * bullhorn * bull in a china shop * bullseye * bullshit * bull wheel * shoot the bull * take the bull by the hornsEtymology 2
From (etyl) bulle'', from (etyl) ''bulle'', from Low (etyl) ''bullaNoun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From (etyl) . Popularly associated with (bullshit).Noun
(-)Synonyms
* (nonsense) See alsoEtymology 4
From (etyl) .human
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
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- Google wouldn't be human if it didn't want some of this loot, which buying Motorola would enable it to grab.
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* human behaviour * human being * human botfly * human capital * human chattel * human chorionic gonadotropin * human-computer interaction * human condition * human death * human development * Human Genome Project * human immunodeficiency virus * human insulin * human interest * humanism * humanist * humanization * humanize * humanizer * human knot * human kind, humankind * humanly * human movement * human nature * humanoid * human papillomavirus * human pyramid * human race * human relations * human resources (HR) * human rights * human trafficking * inhuman * inhumane * nonhuman, non-human * to err is human (human)Noun
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Verb
(en verb)- There are, then, many ways of humaning : these are the ways along which we make ourselves and, collaboratively, one another.