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Bullet vs Dingbat - What's the difference?

bullet | dingbat |

In typography terms the difference between bullet and dingbat

is that bullet is a printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, (•), often used for marking items in a list. (see also bulleted while dingbat is a special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.

In informal terms the difference between bullet and dingbat

is that bullet is an entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc while dingbat is a silly, crazy or stupid person.

As nouns the difference between bullet and dingbat

is that bullet is a projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed while dingbat is a silly, crazy or stupid person.

As a verb bullet

is to draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.

bullet

English

(wikipedia bullet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
  • Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
  • (typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, (), often used for marking items in a list. (see also bulleted)
  • (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
  • (banking, finance) A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
  • A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.
    • John's not going to any of his top schools; he got a bullet from the last of them yesterday.
  • (slang) One year of prison time
  • (slang) An ace (the playing card).
  • (figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=January 19 , author=Jonathan Stevenson , title=Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Just as it appeared Arsenal had taken the sting out of the tie, Johnson produced a moment of outrageous quality, thundering a bullet of a left foot shot out of the blue and into the top left-hand corner of Wojciech Szczesny's net with the Pole grasping at thin air.}}
  • (in attributive use) Very fast (speedy).
    • bullet train
    bullet chess
  • (obsolete) A small ball.
  • * 1881 , :
    • Would you not suppose these persons had been whispered, by the Master of the Ceremonies, the promise of some momentous destiny? and that this lukewarm bullet on which they play their farces was the bull's-eye and centrepoint of all the universe?
  • (obsolete) A cannonball.
  • * Stow
    • A ship before Greenwich shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.
  • (obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.

    • Derived terms

    * blank bullet * bulletin * bite the bullet * bullet hole * bullet list * bullet point * bullet time * bullet with someone's name on it * dodge a bullet * rubber bullet

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
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  • (informal) To speed, like a bullet.
    • Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.
  • (informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.
    • He bulleted a header for his first score of the season.

    References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----

    dingbat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A silly, crazy or stupid person.
  • * 2003, The Gilmore Girls (TV, episode 4.07)
    • "The fire department is out here because some dingbat parked in the red zone."
  • * 1978, World according to Garp , John Irving, chapter 2
    • "'Midge was such a dingbat' , Jenny Fields wrote in her autobiografy, 'that she went to Hawaii for a vacation during World War Two.'"
  • (typography) A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
  • * 1982, The Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists , Arthur Plotnik, p.8
    • "The compulsive editor, when checking the specs on an article, can't help checking also for such items as initial capital and closing dingbat , if they are used routinely. These decorative items have a way of being forgotten..."
  • (architecture) An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.

    • Related terms

    * dingwad

    See also

    * wingdings