Bullet vs Member - What's the difference?
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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.
(slang) One year of prison time
(slang) An ace (the playing card).
(figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
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(in attributive use) Very fast (speedy).
(obsolete) A small ball.
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(obsolete) A cannonball.
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(obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.
(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.
(informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.
One who officially belongs to a group.
A part of a whole.
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Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
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The penis.
(logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
(set theory) An element of a set.
(computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, a function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
(AU, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
(math) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
(obsolete) To remember.
(obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.
(Webster 1913)
1000 English basic words
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As nouns the difference between bullet and member
is that bullet is a projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed while member is member (person).As a verb bullet
is (informal) 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)- John's not going to any of his top schools; he got a bullet from the last of them yesterday.
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- bullet train
- bullet chess
- 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?
- A ship before Greenwich shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.
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 bulletVerb
(en verb)- Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.
- 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 ----
member
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) membre, from (etyl) membre, from (etyl) . Coexists with native (etyl) lim, ).Alternative forms
* membre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
Page C-14, in Geological Survey Professional Paper , Volume 1110
- The member' intertongues and grades laterally with the lower sandstone ' member of the Pocahontas Formation of Early Pennslyvanian age
- We have many members' in one body, and all ' members have not the same office.