Host vs Buster - What's the difference?
host | buster |
One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Shakespeare)
One that provides a facility for an event.
A person or organization responsible for running an event.
A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
(computing, Internet) A in a network.
(computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
(biology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
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, title= (evolutionism, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.
Consecrated bread such as that used in the Christian ceremony of the Eucharist.
A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
To perform the role of a host.
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, title= (obsolete) To lodge at an inn.
* Shakespeare
(computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
* 1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators'', comp.protocols.tcp-ip, ''Usenet
A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
* 1843 , (Thomas Carlyle), '', book 3, ch. X, ''Plugson of Undershot
* 2001 , Carlos Parada, Hesione 2 ,
A large number of items; a large inventory.
Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
* 1614 , S. Jerome, Moses his Sight of Canaan , 147:
* 2005 , J. Madhavan, Sita & Forest Bandits , 122:
# .
#* 1940 September 2, Life , 29/1:
#* 1958 February 10, Life , 70:
Someone who or something that 'breaks', tames, or overpowers a specified person or thing.
# A bronco-buster.
#* 1891 July, Harper's Magazine , 208/2
# (Forming compounds denoting an agent or agency tasked with reducing or eliminating the first element).
#* 1920 , F. A. McKenzie, ‘Pussyfoot’ Johnson , v. 83:
#* 1974''' July 4, ''New Scientist , 65/2:
#* 1984 November 18, N.Y. Times , iv. 24/2:
Someone]] or something remarkable, especially for being loud, large, [[etc..
* 1833 April, Parthenon , 293:
* 2004 November 20, South Wales Echo , 9:
# : guy, dude, fella, mack, buddy, loser. (Originally as 'old buster' .)
#* 1838 March 24, New Yorker , 4/1:
#* 1919 , , ''(My Man Jeeves), 79:
#* 2001 , S. MacKay, Fall Guy , ix. 113:
A loaf of bread.
* 1835 September 16, Morning Post , 4/2:
* 1904 June 8, Journal of the Department of Labour (New Zealand), 536:
A drinking spree, a binge.
* 1848 , John Russell Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms :
* 1922 , (James Joyce), , 405:
a southerly buster.
* 1848 , John Russell Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms
* 1886 , Frank Cowan, Australia , 14:
* 1991 , J. Moore, By Way of Wind , 121:
a staged fall, a pratfall.
* 1874 April, Baily's Monthly Magazine , 114:
A molting crab.
*1855 October 18, Henry A. Wise, letter in J.P. Hambleton's Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Wise (1856), 448:
* 2002 January 6, N.Y. Times , v. 4/6:
As nouns the difference between host and buster
is that host is autumn (season) while buster is (a specific instance of) buster : guy, dude, fella, mack, buddy, loser.As a proper noun buster is
or buster can be (male).host
English
Alternative forms
* hoast (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) oste (French: . Used in English since 13th century.Noun
(en noun)- Time is like a fashionable host , / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
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In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts : rodents.}}
Verb
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In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.}}
- Where you shall host .
- CMU/TEK TCP/IP software uses an excessive amount of cpu resources for terminal support both outbound, when accessing another system, and inbound, when the local system is hosting a session.
See also
* guest * event * master of ceremoniesEtymology 2
From (etyl) hoste, from Middle (etyl) ), cognate with etymology 1.Noun
(en noun)- Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever!
Greek Mythology Link
- the invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size.
- A host of parts for my Model A.
Derived terms
* heavenly host * Lord of HostsEtymology 3
From (etyl) also oist, ost, from (etyl) hoiste, from (etyl) .See also
* hostagebuster
English
(Buster)Alternative forms
* Buster * -busterNoun
(en noun)- Now death, I pray thee what is it, but a buster of bonds; a destruction of toyle?
- Rothlin was described... by the papers as the buster of the bandit ring.
- German ‘balloon busters ’ attack the Dover barrage.
- Our main purpose in further experimentation with nuclear bombs is not... to make city-busters more horrible.
- The buster must be careful to keep well away from sheds and timber.
- Men nicknamed him the ‘Booze Buster ’, and cartoonists loved to picture him, revolver in hand,... fighting the demon rum.
- The professional fraud-busters [of the art world].
- New York City traffic agents have become Gridlock Busters' and cigarette foes are ' smokebusters .
- ‘I had to clean this old roarer,’ continued the ‘editor’... as he wiped the barrel of his pistol. ‘She's a buster , I tell you.’
- What a buster of a lunch it turned out to be.
- That's generous, old buster .
- An extremely wealthy old buster .
- ‘Careful, buster ,’ she said. ‘I've got a knife in my hand.’
- Three penny busters , and a whole kit-full of winegar and mustard.
- An 8 loaf of brown bread... goes by the name of ‘buster ’, I suppose on account of the way they blow you out.
- They were on a buster , and were taken up by the police.
- All off for a buster , armstrong, hollering down the street.
- ‘This is a buster ,’ i.e. a powerful or heavy wind.
- The Buster and Brickfielder: austral red-dust blizzard and red-hot Simoom.
- When the barometer drops rapidly... watch out for a strong sou'wester. A buster can be on you in a flash.
- Dainty... came down ‘a buster ’ at the last hurdle, and Scots Grey cantered in by himself.
- In that state he is called a ‘Buster ’, bursting his shell.
- Restaurant August... serves contemporary French cuisine prepared with Louisiana ingredients like buster crabs, shrimp and oysters.