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Intro vs Bumper - What's the difference?

intro | bumper |

As nouns the difference between intro and bumper

is that intro is short form of introduction while bumper is (obsolete) a drinking vessel filled to the brim.

As a verb intro

is (informal|transitive) to introduce.

As an adjective bumper is

(colloquial) large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.

intro

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Short form of introduction.
  • (demoscene) A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition.
  • * 1999 , "brainpower / digital artists", Win32 demos'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos )
    • If the rules specify that the DLLs' size will be added to the 64K limit, there's not a lot of space to code an intro .
  • * 2005 , Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1
    • Games, demos, intros . They were the same, this was the scene. The trend was that you cracked and made demos and intros.

    Antonyms

    * outro

    Hyponyms

    * (small audiovisual demo) , cracktro, invitro

    Anagrams

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (informal) To introduce.
    • ----

    bumper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
    • they now shook hands heartily, and drank bumpers of strong beer to healths which we think proper to bury in oblivion.
  • * 1818 , Keats, :
  • *:Yet can I gulp a bumper to thy name,—
  • *:O smile among the shades, for this is fame!
  • * 1859 , Dickens, A tale of two cities ,
    • Sydney Carton drank the punch at a great rate; drank it by bumpers , looking at his friend.
  • (colloquial) Anything large or successful (now usually attributively).
  • (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender
  • Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact
  • * The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet.
  • Someone or something that bumps.
  • (cricket) A bouncer.
  • (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
  • (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
  • (slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (colloquial) Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
    • We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.