Camp vs Cooler - What's the difference?
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(label) Conflict; battle.
An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
A single hut or shelter.
The company or body of persons encamped.
* Macaulay
A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
(uncommon) campus
(informal) A summer camp.
(agriculture) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; called also burrow and pie.
(UK, obsolete) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
To wrangle; argue.
To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
To set up a camp.
To afford rest or lodging for.
* Shakespeare
(video games) To stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning point or in order to guard an area.
of or related to a camp
An affected]], [[exaggerate, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
(of a, man) Ostentatiously effeminate.
Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.
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(countable) anything which cools
(countable) an insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping
(US, countable, or, uncountable) a mixed drink, especially one served chilled
(US, slang) a prison
(poker, colloquial) A cold deck.
(countable) a bouncer or door man
(cool)
As nouns the difference between camp and cooler
is that camp is (label) conflict; battle or camp can be an affected]], [[exaggerate|exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style while cooler is (countable) anything which cools.As adjectives the difference between camp and cooler
is that camp is of or related to a camp or camp can be theatrical; making exaggerated gestures while cooler is (cool).As a verb camp
is to fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.camp
English
(wikipedia camp)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . The verb is from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), .Noun
(en noun)- a hunter's camp
- The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
- (Halliwell)
Verb
(en verb)- We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.
- Had our great palace the capacity / To camp this host, we all would sup together.
- The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.
- Go and camp the flag for the win.
Derived terms
* (l)Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* camper * campness * campfire * camp site, campsite * campstead, campsteading * campground * campestral * concentration camp * death camp * extermination camp * fat camp * spawn camping * summer campEtymology 2
Believed to be from Polari, otherwise obscure.listed in the Oxford English Dictionary'', second edition (1989) Suggested origins include the 17th century French word ''camper'', 'to put oneself in a pose',Douglas Harper,"camp (adj.)"] in: ''Etymonline.com - Online Etymology Dictionary'', 2001ffan assumed dialectal English word ''camp'' or ''kemp'' meaning 'rough' or 'uncouth' and a derivation from ''camp'' (n.)Micheal Quinion, [http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cam1.htm "Camp" in: ''World Wide Words , 2003
Noun
(-)Adjective
(er)Derived Terms
* camp it up * campyStatistics
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cooler
English
Noun
- If acid things were used only as coolers , they would not be so proper in this case. — Arbuthnot.
- They served wine coolers in the afternoon.
- "About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap." - "The Big Sleep", by Raymond Chandler
Synonyms
* car fridge * cool bag, cool box (UK) * chilly bin (New Zealand) * esky (Australia) * ice chest * bouncerAdjective
(head)- He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.