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First-rate vs Sterling - What's the difference?

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First-rate is a related term of sterling.


As a noun first-rate

is (military|nautical|historical) a ship of the line in the british navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks.

As an adjective first-rate

is (military|nautical|historical) describing a ship of the line in the british navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks.

As a proper noun sterling is

a scottish surname, variant of stirling.

first-rate

English

(wikipedia first-rate)

Noun

  • (military, nautical, historical) A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks

    • Adjective

  • (military, nautical, historical) Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks.
  • (by extension) Exceptionally good.
  • * (Matthew Arnold)
    • Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}

    See also

    * second-rate * third-rate * fourth-rate

    sterling

    English

    (wikipedia sterling)

    Noun

  • The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“… among the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted. […]”}}
  • Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.
  • * S. M. Leake
    • Sterling was the known and approved standard in England, in all probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign.
  • Sterling silver, or articles made from this material.
  • A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.
  • of, relating to, or made from sterling silver.
  • Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality; authoritative.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2014 , date=December 13 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Burnley 1-0 Southampton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Southampton had been hoping to get back to winning ways to prove to their critics there was substance to their sterling start to the season.}}
  • Genuine; true; pure; of great value or excellence.

    • Anagrams

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