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Omnibus vs Buses - What's the difference?

omnibus | buses |

As nouns the difference between omnibus and buses

is that omnibus is a vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a bus) while buses is plural of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between omnibus and buses

is that omnibus is to combine (legislative bills, etc.) into a single package while buses is third-person singular of bus.

As an adjective omnibus

is containing multiple items.

omnibus

English

Noun

(wikipedia omnibus)
  • (lb) A vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a bus).
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  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus , cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
  • *1911',
  • *:"Please, is that an omnibus ?" / "Omnibus est," said the driver, without turning round.
  • *1959 , (Michael Flanders), (At the Drop of a Hat)
  • *:Omnibus , my friend Mr. Swann informs me, comes from the Latin omnibus , meaning to or for by with or from everybody, which is a very good description. Well, this song is about a bus, it's wittily subtitled—I thought of this—'A Transport of Delight'.
  • *1988 , (Rowan Atkinson) as Ebenezer Blackadder in "(w, Blackadder's Christmas Carol) ", written by (Richard Curtis) and (Ben Elton):
  • *:Baldrick, I want you to take this [money] and go out, and buy a turkey so large you'd think its mother had been rogered by an omnibus .
  • An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.
  • A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.
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  • (lb) A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.
  • Derived terms

    * bus

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Containing multiple items.
  • The legislature enacted an omnibus appropriations bill.

    Verb

  • To combine (legislative bills, etc.) into a single package.
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    buses

    English

    Alternative forms

    * busses

    Noun

    (head) (p)
  • Usage notes

    Buses is the usual plural of bus in both British and American English, ignoring the typical doubling of consonants after a short vowel. The form busses is less common.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bus)
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