Comer vs Cower - What's the difference?
comer | cower |
One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
(figuratively) One who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory.
One who arrives.
To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
* Dryden
* Goldsmith
As a noun comer
is one in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.As a proper noun Comer
is {{surname}.As a verb cower is
{{cx|intransitive|lang=en}} To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.comer
English
Noun
(en noun)- The champ will face all comers .
Quotations
* 2004 August 9 & 16, The New Yorker , page 40: *: The transition from comer to also-ran can be quick. * 2004 December 6, The New Yorker , page 105: *: Django, then, was not just a comer ; he was a cause.Anagrams
* ----cower
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) kuren or from Scandinavian ((etyl) . Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.Verb
(en verb)- He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.
- Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire.
- Like falcons, cowering on the nest.
