Nugget vs Ferocious - What's the difference?
nugget | ferocious |
(countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
(countable) A tidbit of something valuable.
(uncountable) A type of boot polish.
(countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant.
(countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
* 2009 , Nick Scipio,
(comptheory) A partial description gleaned from data mining.
* 2002 , Data Mining: A Heuristic Approach (page 93)
Marked by extreme and violent energy.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Tom Fordyce
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland
, work=BBC Sport
Extreme or intense.
As a noun nugget
is (countable) a small, compact chunk or clump.As an adjective ferocious is
marked by extreme and violent energy.nugget
English
Noun
- a gold nugget
- a nugget of wisdom
Nereids:
- Jack stifled a smirk at the ensign's expressionless non-reaction. He'd been a nugget himself once, the new guy fresh from training.
- We have previously said that the heuristic algorithms produce good nuggets for most classes and most ? values
Derived terms
* nuggety * chicken nuggetferocious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.}}