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profile | bust |

As verbs the difference between profile and bust

is that profile is while bust is .

profile

English

(wikipedia profile)

Noun

  • (countable) the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object
    • His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
  • (countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
    • The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman.
  • (countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
    • Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
  • (countable) a specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems
    • I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.
  • (uncountable) reputation
  • (uncountable) the amount by which something protrudes
    • Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.
  • (uncountable) prominence; noticeability
    • Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile .
  • (archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
  • Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
    • What's the thermal profile on that thing?
  • (architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
  • (civil engineering) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.

    • Antonyms

    * (print mode or selection ) portrait

    Verb

    (profil)
  • to create a summary or collection of information, especially about a person
  • to act based on such a summary; especially, to act on a stereotype. See profiling.

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    bust

    English

    (wikipedia bust)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) buste < (etyl) busto, probably from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
  • The breasts and upper thorax of a woman
    • Derived terms
    * busty * overbust * underbust

    Etymology 2

    From the verb .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break something
  • (slang) To arrest for a crime
  • (slang) To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
  • (snowboarding) An emphatic to do
  • (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
  • * 1962 , , 01:56:35
    • If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.
  • (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
  • (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
    • Synonyms
    ; to arrest for a crime : nick
    Derived terms
    * bust a cap * bust a gasket * bust a move * bust a nut * bust ass cold * bust loose * bust one's ass * bust one's balls * bust one's chops * bust out * bust up

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation:
    • a narcotics bust
  • (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
  • (sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
  • (chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of previously published analysis.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (slang) without any money, broke

    • Derived terms

    * bust up/bust-up * (adjective) * buster

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