Ladder vs Nerve - What's the difference?
ladder | nerve |
A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs: cross strips or rounds acting as steps.
(figuratively) A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
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# The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, e.g. the corporate ladder.
(chiefly, British) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
(firefighting) To ascend a building or wall using a ladder.
* 1998 , John Norman, Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics , ISBN 0912212721, page 164,
(of a knitted garment) To develop a as a result of a broken thread.
(zoology) A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
(nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron.
(botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood
Courage, boldness.
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille'' (in ''The Guardian , 26 November 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/26/arsenal-marseille-match-report-champions-league]
Patience. (rfexample)
Stamina, endurance, fortitude.
* Milton
Audacity, gall.
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(in the plural) Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion.
(obsolete) Sinew, tendon.
* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
To give courage; sometimes with "up".
To give strength
As verbs the difference between ladder and nerve
is that ladder is (firefighting) to ascend a building or wall using a ladder while nerve is .As a noun ladder
is a frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs: cross strips or rounds acting as steps.ladder
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Alternative forms
* (dialectal)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* For stockings touted as resistant to ladders, the phrase “ladder resist” is used in the UK. The American equivalent is “run resistant”.Synonyms
* (frame for ascent and descent) stepladder * (unravelled fabric) run (qualifier)Derived terms
* aerial ladder * companion ladder * corporate ladder * DNA ladder * laddered * laddering * rope ladder * scaling ladder * stepladderVerb
(en verb)- A good working knowledge of the ladder parts, how they work, their capacities, and proper usage are a must before anyone is sent out to ladder a building.
Anagrams
* * 1000 English basic words ----nerve
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Noun
(en noun)- The nerves can be seen through the skin.''
- ''Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves
- He hasn't the nerve to tell her he likes her, what a wimp!
- A trip to the whistling, fire-cracking Stadio San Paolo is always a test of nerve but Wenger's men have already outplayed the Italians once.
- He led me on to mightiest deeds, / Above the nerve of mortal arm.
- He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.
- Ellie had a bad case of nerves before the big test.
- Come on; obey: / Thy nerves are in their infancy again, / And have no vigour in them.
- (Alexander Pope)
Synonyms
; Audacity, gall : brashness, brazenness, big ballsHyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* bundle of nerves * get on somebody's nerves/get on one's nerves * nervation * nerveless * nervy * nerve cell * nerve center * nerve ending * nerve fiber * nerve gas * nerve impulse * nerve-racking * nerves of steel * nerve-wracking * nervi-, nervo- * touch a nerve * unnerved * war of nervesVerb
(nerv)- ''May their example nerve us to face the enemy.
- ''The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.