Leader vs Steer - What's the difference?
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Any person that s or directs.
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# One who goes first.
# One having authority to direct.
# One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
# A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
# (music) A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
# (music, UK) The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
An animal that leads.
# The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
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# An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs.
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Something that leads or conducts.
# (botany) A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
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# A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
# (UK) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
# (fishing) A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
# A piece of material at the beginning or end of a to allow the material to the threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
# (marketing) A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
# (printing) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
# (printing, in the plural) A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
# (fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
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# (mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
# (nautical) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
# (engineering) The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
* 1913 , (Willa Cather),
(informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
* Tennyson
To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
* Milton
To direct a group of animals.
To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
To direct a conversation.
To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
As nouns the difference between leader and steer
is that leader is any person that s or directs while steer is the castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production or steer can be (informal) a suggestion about a course of action or steer can be (obsolete) a helmsman; a pilot.As a verb steer is
to castrate (a male calf) or steer can be to guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).leader
English
Noun
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- Follow the leader .
- We elected her team leader .
- The company is the leader in home remodeling in the county.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "leader")Synonyms
* (person that leads or conducts) guide, conductor * (one with authority to direct) chief, chieftain, commander * (music) conductor * (dominant animal in group) alpha, pack leader * (engineering) driver, drive wheelDerived terms
* (l) * group leader * leaderboard * leaderette * leaderless * leader of the opposition * leadership * majority leader * minority leader * pack leader * thought leaderDescendants
* Portuguese: * Spanish:See also
* baron/baroness * conductor * duke/duchess * emperor/empress * follower * general * governor * king/queen * mayor * monarch * president * sergeantAnagrams
* * English agent nouns ----steer
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- He counted the cattle over and over. It diverted him to speculate as to how much weight each of the steers would probably put on by spring.
Synonyms
* oxHypernyms
* cattleCoordinate terms
* bull, calf, cowEtymology 2
From (etyl) stieran.Noun
(en noun)- I tried to give you the steer , but I guess I didn't get it over. Everybody knew it but you.'' (Mark Hellinger, 1939, ''The Roaring Twenties )
Verb
(en verb)- When planning the boat trip we had completely forgotten that we needed somebody to steer .
- No helmsman steers .
- I find it very difficult to steer a skateboard.
- I steered my steps homeward.
- The boat steers easily.
- Where the wind / Veers oft, as oft [a ship] so steers , and shifts her sail.
- Hume believes that principles of association steer the imagination of artists.