Ninja vs Monk - What's the difference?
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(martial arts, historical) A person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination and the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu.
A Mongolian amateurish private miner (mainly for gold); after the shape of the plastic bowls used to wash metal ore with mercury, roughly resembling one of the .
* 2007 October 10, Jonathan Watts, "Prospectors and 'ninja' miners flood to east's El Dorado" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/oct/10/international.mainsection1], The Guardian ,
(slang) Juggalo version of the epithet "nigga".
To act in the manner of a , especially in the areas of speed and power.
(gaming, slang) To claim an item in a game by abusing game mechanics, often despite having no real need for the item or ability to use it.
(Internet, slang) To post a response on a message board immediately before someone else unknowingly posts a response saying the same thing.
A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
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in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
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, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=20 (slang) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
(slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
(slang) A judge.
(printing) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed; distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.
A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
A South American monkey (.
The (European bullfinch).
(Webster 1913)
As a noun monk is
a male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.ninja
English
(wikipedia ninja)Noun
(en-noun)- Many were former nomads, but as the gold rush gathered pace, students, vets and taxi drivers from Ulan Bator joined the ninjas , not just in Ogoomor but in other gold towns across the country.
- What up, my ninja !
Coordinate terms
* kunoichi * shinobiDerived terms
* ninjitsu * ninjetteVerb
- That damn warrior ninja'd an epic-quality wand even though he can't even use it!
- When I answered the OP's question, I saw that Porthos had ninja'd me by posting the same answer just before I did.
Anagrams
* English refractory feminine rhymes ----monk
English
(wikipedia monk)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”}}