Mob vs Mod - What's the difference?
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An unruly group of people.
*(James Madison), Jr. (1751-1836)
*:Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob .
A commonly used collective noun for animals such as horses or cattle.
The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the ).
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob , he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
*1986 , (Paul Chadwick), Concrete: Under the Desert Stars , Dark Horse Books
*:What if it is a mob killing? They can’t hurt me, but …
(lb) A non-player character that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.
*2002 , "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.everquest )
*:You can't win with small, balanced groups. You have to zerg the mob with a high number of players.
(lb) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
*:A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with their betters.
(lb) A cohesive group of people.
*2011 March 10, Allan Clarke,
*:There’s nothing like local knowledge and after thousands of years living here the Noongar mob understand this land better than anyone, so it makes sense for them to tap into the lucrative tourism industry.
To crowd around (someone), often with hostility.
To crowd into or around a place.
(video games) The act of a player aggroing enemies so they follow them and gather, forming a mob of foes. (rfex)
(obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.
A mob cap.
To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
(uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
(UK) a 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
(slang) A modification to an object, computer game, etc., typically for the purpose of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
(Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
(computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
* 1992 , "Jordan K. Hubbard", How to convert Amiga mods to Arch?'' (on Internet newsgroup ''comp.sys.acorn )
* 2003 , Rene T. A. Lysloff, Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture (page 38)
(rock climbing) A moderately difficult route.
Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
(slang) To modify an object from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
To moderate; to punish a rule-breaking user on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
As initialisms the difference between mob and mod
is that mob is (nautical) m'an '''o'''ver ' b oard, used eg on the emergency button of a satellite navigator by pushing the button the operator stores the coordinates of a man overboard incident for easy access while mod is (uk) (ministry of defence).mob
English
Etymology 1
(etyl), short for mobile, from (etyl) . The video-gaming sense originates from English mobile, used by (Richard Bartle) for objects capable of movement in an early MUD.Noun
(en noun)W.A. through Noongar eyes
Derived terms
* flash mob * lynch mob * meal mob * mob rule * mob-handed * mobber * mobbish * mobbist * mobbism * moblike * mobmobile * mobocracy * mobster * vote mobSynonyms
* (mafia) mafia, MafiaVerb
(mobb)- The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.
- The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.
Etymology 2
Alteration of (mab).Noun
(en noun)- (Goldsmith)
Derived terms
* mob capVerb
(mobb)Etymology 3
Abbreviation of mobile phone.Usage notes
* This is most often used in signwriting to match with with the other three-letter abbreviations and (fax).Anagrams
* *External links
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English
(wikipedia mod)Synonyms
* (modulus) , modulusNoun
(en noun)- I'd like to convert some of the arch(SIC) mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.
- These mods , while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.
Usage notes
In gaming, mods are created by end users whereas such content by the game creators would be labeled an expansion pack.Verb
(modd)- His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his .
- Don't break the rules or you'll be modded .