Maverick vs Rampant - What's the difference?
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Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
An unbranded range animal.
* Around 1900 , O Henry,
One who does not abide by rules.
One who creates or uses unconventional and/or controversial ideas or practices.
(poker slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) (originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
* The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.
(heraldry) Rearing on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.
* Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved
(architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.
Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.
* Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden.
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Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.
* There was rampant corruption in the city.
As adjectives the difference between maverick and rampant
is that maverick is showing independence in thoughts or actions while rampant is (originally) rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.As a noun maverick
is an unbranded range animal.maverick
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He made a maverick decision.
- He is a maverick person.
Noun
(en noun)- Long Bill was a graduate of the camp and trail. Luck and thrift, a cool head, and a telescopic eye for mavericks had raised him from cowboy to be a cowman.
- Florence Nightingale would have been perceived as a maverick during her early career, because she was prioritizing hygiene when everybody else involved in healthcare was focused on other things, such as surgery and pills.'' (Source: Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh, ''Trick or Treatment , 2008, p. 36-37.)
Synonyms
* (one who does not abide by rules) individualist, lone gunman, nonconformist, rebelSee also
*References
The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 English eponyms
rampant
English
Alternative forms
* rampaunt (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- little pieces of moustache on his upper lip, like a pair of minnows rampant
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Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:
- In contrast to the despair of his opposite number, it was a day of delight for new City boss Manuel Pellegrini as he watched the rampant Blues make a powerful statement about their Premier League ambitions.