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Lossier vs Bossier - What's the difference?

lossier | bossier |

As adjectives the difference between lossier and bossier

is that lossier is (lossy) while bossier is (bossy).

lossier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (lossy)

    • lossy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (telecommunications) of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength
  • (power systems) of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss
  • reducing the amount of information in data.
    • JPEG is a lossy image compression format.

    Antonyms

    * lossless

    bossier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (bossy)

    • bossy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
    • Synonyms
    * dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible * see also

    Etymology 2

    Diminutive of dialectal English boss, as used in the term ).

    Noun

    (bossies)
  • (US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
  • * about 1900 , O. Henry,
    • A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.

    Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ornamented with bosses; studded.
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