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Entertainer vs Topline - What's the difference?

entertainer | topline |

As nouns the difference between entertainer and topline

is that entertainer is a person who entertains others, esp as a profession, as a singer, dancer, musician, comedian, etc while topline is the upper curvature of a horse's withers, back, and loin.

As a verb topline is

to be billed as the primary entertainer.

entertainer

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who entertains others, esp. as a profession, as a singer, dancer, musician, comedian, etc.
  • Someone who puts on a show for the entertainment or enjoyment of others.
  • topline

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The upper curvature of a horse's withers, back, and loin.
  • * 2002 , Ted S. Stashak, Ora Robert Adams, Adams' Lameness in Horses (page 75)
  • When viewing the horse in profile, attention must be paid to the curvature and proportions of the topline .
  • Principal billing.
  • * 1969 , Ebony magazine (volume 24, number 9, July 1969, page 146)
  • In recent weeks Cosby has, perhaps more than any other topline entertainer of the moment, been both at the pinnacle and at the crossroads.

    Verb

    (toplin)
  • To be billed as the primary entertainer.
  • * Variety [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118050123?refCatId=16]
  • [Whitney] Houston's success in music led her to topline the features "Waiting to Exhale," "The Preacher's Wife" and the telefilm "Cinderella."

    Derived terms

    * topliner