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Nero vs Hero - What's the difference?

nero | hero |

As proper nouns the difference between nero and hero

is that nero is roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty while Hero is any of a number of legendary men and women, including the priestess loved by Leander.

As a noun hero is

a real or mythical person of great bravery who carries out extraordinary deeds.

nero

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
  • , more common in fiction than in real life .
  • * 1963 (Rex Stout), Trio for Blunt Instruments , Random House LLC (2010), ISBN 0307756297:
  • "Nero' Wolfe. It's his house and he lives here." "That's an odd name. ' Nero Wolfe? What does he—Is he a lawyer?"

    References

    hero

    English

    (wikipedia hero)

    Alternative forms

    * heros

    Noun

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  • (rfc-sense) A real or mythical person of great bravery who carries out extraordinary deeds.
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  • A role model.
  • The main protagonist in a work of fiction.
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  • A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
  • (food styling, chiefly, attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.
  • * 2003 , Solomon H. Katz, William Woys Weaver, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
  • The preparation of the hero food involves any number of specialized techniques food stylists have developed to deal with the demands of photographing food.
  • * 2008 , Linda Bellingham, Jean Ann Bybee, Brad G. Rogers, Food Styling for Photographers (page 8)
  • Protect the hero food. Whether the hero items are on a table in the studio or in the refrigerator, freezer, etc., be sure they are identified as hero items and not for consumption.
  • * 2008 , David Random, Defying Gravity (page 24)
  • The food stylists this day had spent inordinate amounts of time preparing the hero product for a close-up scene.

    Synonyms

    * see * (sandwich) grinder, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, po' boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge

    Derived terms

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    Anagrams

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