Buzz vs Bowser - What's the difference?
buzz | bowser |
A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
A whisper.
The audible friction of voice consonants.
(informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.
(informal) A telephone call.
(informal, preceded by the) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.
* 2006 Sept. 6, Daren Fonda, "
To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.
* Longfellow
* 1922 , , Fantasia of the Unconscious , ch. 2:
# (by extension) To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.
#* Shakespeare
# (chiefly, of an insect) To fly while making such a sound.
#* 1897 , , ch. 20:
To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.
* Shakespeare
To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.
(aviation) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.
* 2013 , The Economist,
To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.
* 2012 , Ellen Hartman, Out of Bounds (page 130)
A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.
* 2001 , Michael Gordon, Reconciliation: A Journey ,
* 2008 , Adrian Scott, The Road Gets Better from Here ,
* 2010 , David Nichols, Green Fields, Brown Fields, New Fields , footnote citing 1926 report,
A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.
* 1962 , The All England Law Reports , Volume 3,
* 2003 , Andy Saunders, No 43 ‘Fighting Cocks’ Squadron ,
(British) A mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
* 1999 May 12, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) ,
* 2000 , Louis L. Jacobs, Quest for the African Dinosaurs: Ancient Roots of the Modern World ,
* 2010 , P. Dissanayake, N. Weragala, V. Smakhtin, Environmental Flow Assessment: Recent Examples from Sri Lanka'', Alexandra Evans, K. Jinapala (editors), ''Proceedings of the National Conference on Water, Food Security and Climate Change in Sri Lanka , Volume 2,
(Irish, slang, used in the vocative) A derogatory term of address for a person similar to buffoon or imbecile.
As nouns the difference between buzz and bowser
is that buzz is a continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones while bowser is a fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.As a verb buzz
is to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.buzz
English
Noun
(es)- Still feeling the buzz from the coffee, he pushed through the last of the homework.
Ford Motor's New Chief: "I Think It's a Tough Situation"," Time :
- In Detroit, the buzz is that he's too nice a guy, unwilling to impose draconian job cuts at the risk of angering the UAW.
Verb
(es)- Like a wasp it buzzed , and stung him.
- So that now the universe has escaped from the pin which was pushed through it, like an impaled fly vainly buzzing , we can hope also to escape.
- However these disturbers of our peace / Buzz in the people's ears.
- The flies, lethargic with the autumn, were beginning to buzz into the room.
- I will buzz abroad such prophecies / That Edward shall be fearful of his life.
Stopping asteroid strikes: Defenders of the Earth
- an asteroid a mere 15-20 metres across exploded with the force of a medium-sized atom bomb over Chelyabinsk, in Russia, and another, much larger one buzzed Earth a few hours later.
- Deacon said, “You used to beg me to let you buzz your hair when you were little.” “And then I grew up and realized how awful you looked when you buzzed yours.”
Quotations
* (English Citations of "buzz")Derived terms
* abuzz * buzz saw * buzzword English onomatopoeias ----bowser
English
Noun
(en noun)page 18,
- ‘Kids are breaking into the service station bowsers' at night, draining out the dregs of petrol from the ' bowser hoses, wandering the streets sniffing petrol from Coke bottles all night,’ he said.
page 165,
- I needed at least fifteen litres more petrol in my tank to reach the next major settlement and, unlike China, there were no shiny new gas stations here with bowsers of different types of petrol to choose from, nor were there pretty young gas girls in nice uniforms ready to fill ‘er up – in fact there were no gas stations here at all; petrol was bought and sold strictly off market in private transactions.
page 309,
- The Moree Municipal Council decided to devote the revenue derived from the rent of the bowser petrol pumps within the municipality for this year, which amounted to forty guineas.
page 435,
- The bowsers then go out to the aircraft and supply them with petrol.
page 107,
- By the time No 43 Sqn was given permission to land it was quite dark, and so to assist the pilots in what were to be difficult night landings two petrol bowsers' were parked to ‘illuminate’ the runway with their dim blackout headlights. Perhaps, all things considered, the use of petrol ' bowsers for this particular task was not exactly wise.
page 588,
- Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as hon. Shidie has said, there is no water bowser' in Garissa and he categorically said that there is a water '''bowser''' to supply water to the people of Kulan. Could he give the registration number of this water ' bowser which is supplying water to the people of Kulan?
page 112,
- The water bowser needed filling.
page 29,
- Due to increasing levels of water pollution arising from low flows, water becomes unsuitable for bathing during this period and is satisfied by bowser water supply.