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Glob vs Bold - What's the difference?

glob | bold |

As nouns the difference between glob and bold

is that glob is a round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance while bold is (obsolete) a dwelling; habitation; building.

As verbs the difference between glob and bold

is that glob is to stick in globs or lumps while bold is to make (a font or some text) bold.

As an adjective bold is

courageous, daring.

glob

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
    • He put a glob of paint into the cup and went on painting.
  • (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
  • (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.

    • See also

    *

    Verb

  • To stick in globs or lumps.
  • (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a .

    • Anagrams

    * blog, Blog ----

    bold

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bold, from (etyl) bold, blod, bolt, .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
    • Related terms
    * *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bold, bald, beald, from (etyl) bald, .

    Adjective

    (boldness) (er)
  • Courageous, daring.
  • *, chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
    • It would be extraordinarily bold of me to give it a try after seeing what has happened to you.
  • (of a font) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
  • Presumptuous.
  • * 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 9.
    • even the boldest and most affirmative philosophy, that has ever attempted to impose its crude dictates and principles on mankind.
    Synonyms
    * (courageous) audacious, brave, courageous, daring, forward * See also
    Related terms
    * embolden

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make (a font or some text) bold.
  • (obsolete) To make bold or daring.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) To become bold.
    • (Webster 1913) ----