But vs Bug - What's the difference?

but | bug |

As nouns the difference between but and bug

is that but is any piece of equipment used for writing with one's hand, except chalks while bug is god.

but

English

Preposition

(English prepositions)

(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Outside of.

Away but the hoose and tell me whae's there.

Without, apart from, except.

Everyone but Father left early.

''I like everything but that.

Adverb

(-)

Merely, only.

* 1791 , (Robert Burns), "(Ae Fond Kiss)":

For to see her was to love her,
Love but her, and love for ever.

* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) :

Now the Wicked Witch of the West had but one eye, yet that was as powerful as a telescope, and could see everywhere.

* 1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books, 2006, p.49:

The stony outcrops are often covered but thinly with arable soil; winters are bitingly cold, and rainfall scanty and unpredictable.

(Australian, conjunctive) Though, however.

I'll have to go home early but .

Conjunction

(wikipedia but) (English Conjunctions)

Except (for), excluding. Preceded by a negation.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Becky Ashton, work=BBC Sport

, title= QPR 1-0 Chelsea , passage=Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot.}}

On the contrary, but rather (introducing a word or clause that contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence without the not ).

However, although, nevertheless (implies that the following clause is contrary to prior belief or contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence).

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample

, volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But , as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}

Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".

*, II.15:

*:There is no reason but hath another contrary unto it, saith the wisest party of Philosophers.

*Shakespeare

*:And but my noble Moor is true of mindit were enough to put him to ill thinking.

*1820 , (John Keats), ‘Lamia’, Lamia & Other Poems :

*:A deadly silence step by step increased, / Until it seem'd a horrid presence there, / And not a man but felt the terror in his hair.

Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).

(obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.

*Fuller

*:So insolent that he could not go but either spurning equals or trampling on his inferiors.

*Motto of the Mackintoshes

*:Touch not the cat but a glove.

(obsolete) Only; solely; merely.

*Milton

*:Observe but how their own principles combat one another.

*Bible, 2 Kings vii. 4

*:If they kill us, we shall but die.

*Dryden

*:a formidable man but to his friends

Usage notes

* Beginning a sentence with a coordinating conjunction such as but' is considered incorrect by classical grammarians arguing that a coordinating conjunction at the start of a sentence has nothing to connect, but use of the word in this way is very common. It is, however, best to avoid beginning a sentence with '''but''' in formal writing. Combining sentences or using '''however''', '''nevertheless''', '''still''', or ' though is appropriate for the formal style. ** But this tool has its uses. ** This tool has its uses, however. ** Nevertheless, this tool has its uses. ** Still, this tool has its uses. ** This tool still has its uses. ** This tool has its uses, though. * The use of the word but preceded by a comma is also considered incorrect by classical grammarians. ** I was very tired, but I decided to continue. ** It was a lovely day, but rain looked likely.

Synonyms

* (except) bar, unless, excepting, excluding, with the exception of, without * (however) yet, although, ac

Noun

(en noun)

An instance or example of using the word "but".

It has to be done – no ifs or buts .

(Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.

A limit; a boundary.

The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.

Derived terms

* all but * but and ben * but good *

Statistics

Anagrams

* * 100 English basic words English coordinating conjunctions English focus adverbs 1000 English basic words ----

bug

English

(wikipedia bug)

Noun

(en noun)

An insect of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs").

(colloquial) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.

These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.

Various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.

A problem that needs fixing, especially in computing.

The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 5.

* {{quote-book, year= 1878

, year_published= 1989 , quotee= (Thomas Edison) , author= Thomas P. Hughes , quoted_in= American Genesis: A History of the American Genius for Invention , url= , title=Edison to Puskas, 13 November 1878, Edison papers , type= cited by , chapter= , section= , isbn= 0-14-009741-4 , edition= , publisher= Penguin Books , location= Edison National Laboratory, U.S. National Park Service, West Orange, N.J. , editor= , volume= , page= 75 , passage= I have the right principle and am on the right track, but time, hard work and some good luck are necessary too. It has been just so in all of my inventions. The first step is an intuition, and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise -- this thing gives out and [it is] then that "Bugs " -- as such little faults and difficulties are called -- show themselves and months of intense watching, study and labor are requisite before commercial success or failure is certainly reached. }}

A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it

He’s got the flu bug .

An enthusiasm for something; an obsession

I think he’s a gold bug , he has over 10,000 ounces in storage.

to catch the skiing bug

An electronic intercept device

We installed a bug in her telephone

A small and and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.

He suspected the image was a web bug used for determining who was visiting the site.

(broadcasting) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it

Channel 4's bug distracted Jim from his favorite show

(aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments

A semi-automated telegraph key

* 1938 , Paul Gallico, Farewell to Sport , page 257:

At this point your telegraph operator, sitting at your right, goes "Ticky-tick-tickety-de-tick-tick," with his bug , as he calls his transmitter, and looks at you expectantly.

* 1942 , Arthur Reinhold Nilson, Radio Code Manual , page 134:

As far as the dashes are concerned, the bug is the same in operation as any regular key would be if it were turned up on edge instead of sitting flat on the desk.

* 1986 , E. L. Doctorow, World's Fair , page 282:

I was a very good radio operator. I bought my own bug . That's what the telegraph key in its modern form was called. It was semiautomatic.

(obsolete) A bugbear; anything that terrifies.

* Shakespeare

Sir, spare your threats: / The bug which you would fright me with I seek.

HIV.

(poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.

Usage notes

* Adjectives often applied to "bug": major, minor, serious, critical, nasty, annoying, important, strange, stupid, flying, silly.

Synonyms

* (An intercept device) wiretap * See also

Derived terms

* buglet * debug

Verb

(informal) To annoy.

Don’t bug me, I’m busy!

To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

We need to know what’s going on. We’ll bug his house.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* bug out

Anagrams

* ----