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fellow | team |

As nouns the difference between fellow and team

is that fellow is (lb) a colleague or partner while team is team.

As an adjective fellow

is having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group.

As a verb fellow

is to suit with; to pair with; to match.

fellow

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (lb) A colleague or partner.
  • (lb) A companion; a comrade.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:the fellows of his crime
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:We are fellows still, / Serving alike in sorrow.
  • *(Edward Gibbon) (1737-1794)
  • *:That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows almost of equal magnitude.
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows , yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
  • A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow .
  • An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:It is impossible that ever Rome / Should breed thy fellow .
  • One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate.
  • *(Philemon Holland) (1552-1637)
  • *:When they be but heifers of one year,they are let go to the fellow and breed.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:This was my glove; here is the fellow of it.
  • (lb) A male person; a man.
  • *1910 , (Saki), ‘The Strategist’, Reginald in Russia :
  • *:‘There'll be about ten girls,’ speculated Rollo, as he drove to the function, ‘and I suppose four fellows , unless the Wrotsleys bring their cousin, which Heaven forbid.’
  • *, chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow , we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.
  • (lb) A person; an individual, male or female.
  • *(Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
  • *:She seemed to be a good sort of fellow .
  • (lb) A rank or title in the professional world, usually given as "Fellow".
  • #In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
  • #In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.
  • #A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
  • #The most senior rank or title one can achieve on a technical career in certain companies (though some Fellows also hold business titles such as Vice President or Chief Technology Officer). This is typically found in large corporations in research and development-intensive industries (IBM or Sun Microsystems in information technology, and Boston Scientific in Medical Devices for example). They appoint a small number of senior scientists and engineers as Fellows.
  • #In the US and Canada, a physician who is undergoing a supervised, sub-specialty medical training (fellowship) after completing a specialty training program (residency).
  • Usage notes

    In North America, fellow is less likely to be used for a man in general in comparison to other words that have the same purpose. Nevertheless, it is still used by some. In addition, it has a good bit of use as an academic or medical title or membership.

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * bedfellow * fella * fellow feeling * fellowship * good fellow/goodfellow * hail-fellow-well-met * poor fellow * schoolfellow

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To suit with; to pair with; to match.
  • Statistics

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    team

    English

    (wikipedia team)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) teme, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
  • * Macaulay
  • It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighbouring farm to tug them out of the slough.
  • * 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 111:
  • The adjacent alleys were choked with tethered wagons, the teams reversed and nuzzling gnawed corn-ears over the tail-boards.
  • Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
  • We need more volunteers for the netball team .
    The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.
  • (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
  • * Holland
  • a team of ducklings about her
  • * Dryden
  • a long team of snowy swans on high
  • (UK, legal, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
  • * ALEXANDER M. BURRILL, LAW DICTIONARY & GLOSSARY, vol II, 1871 URL: http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924022836450
  • TEAM, Theam, Tem, Them. Sax. [from tyman, to propagate, to teem.] In old English law. Literally, an offspring, race or generation. A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes and villeins, and their offspring or suit. They who had a jurisdiction of this kind, were said to have a court of Theme... constantly used in the old books in connection with toll, in the expression Toll & Team.
    Usage notes
    * When referring to the actions of a sports team, British English typically uses the third-person plural form rather than the third-person singular. However, this is not done in other contexts such as in business or politics. ** **: Manchester were unable to bring the strong team they originally intended, ** **: Leeds were champions again.
    Descendants
    * German: (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a group, as for sports or work.
  • They teamed to complete the project.
  • To convey or haul with a team.
  • to team lumber
    (Thoreau)
    Derived terms
    * double-team

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)