Keeper vs Shepherd - What's the difference?
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One who keeps something.
(slang) A person or thing worth keeping.
* 2005 , , Volume 122, Issues 7-12,
* 2008 , Jennifer Zomar, A Candle for the Children ,
* 2008 , Sherri Erwin, Naughty Or Nice ,
A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
* Bible
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=4 (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=June 4
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland
, work=BBC
A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
(American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
* Bible, Titus ii. 5
* 1971 , H. R. F. Keating, The Strong Man
A fruit that keeps well.
* Downing
A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd' s plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
(lb) Someone who watches over]], [[look after, looks after, or guides somebody.
*1769 , Oxford Standard text, , 23, i,
*:The LORD is my shepherd ; I shall not want.
(lb) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
To watch over; to guide
(Australian rules football) For a player to obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.
As nouns the difference between keeper and shepherd
is that keeper is one who keeps something while shepherd is a person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.As a verb shepherd is
to watch over; to guide.As a proper noun Shepherd is
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Noun
(en noun)- Finders keepers ; losers weepers.
- You can throw out all the blurry photos, but the one with her and her daughter is certainly a keeper .
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- When he brought me home and volunteered to come with me while I walked my dog, Max, I knew he was a keeper .
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- We hadn't dated for long when he said those three magic words: "I'll cook tonight." I knew he was a keeper .
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- "Fine," I agreed. “But, Josh, my sister and I can handle it. You sit, watch football with the guys.”
- “I would rather stick close to you. Besides, I love cleaning up.”
- “I knew he was a keeper ,” Gran said.
- And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper ?
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- discreet; chaste; keepers at home
- I was not altogether surprised: they seemed to be, even more than people in the surrounding wolds, stolid keepers -to-themselves, impossible to stir, dourly determined to stick to the firm routine of their lives
- The Roxbury Russet is a good keeper .