Piggyback vs Mockbuster - What's the difference?
piggyback | mockbuster |
On somebody's back or shoulders.
Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
(Internet) To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.
(Internet) Utilizing last mile wiring (not wireless slang) rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP, last milers are obligated to sell to competitors in places like Canada.
to carry someone on the back or shoulders.
(informal) A relatively low-budget film given a similar theme and title to a popular blockbuster in an attempt to piggyback on its success.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 7, author=Rolf Potts, title=The New B Movie, work=New York Times
, passage=Whereas the Asylum had a well-defined audience as a horror-movie company, the mockbuster strategy aims at a broader and shallower demographic: some viewers have seen the real blockbuster and want more of the same thing, no matter how lo-fi; some are genre geeks, interested in low-budget adventure and sci-fi films; others rent the movie thinking it is something else (Web sites are rife with the scornful entries of duped film fans). }}
As an adjective piggyback
is on somebody's back or shoulders.As an adverb piggyback
is on somebody's back or shoulders.As a verb piggyback
is to attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.As a noun mockbuster is
a relatively low-budget film given a similar theme and title to a popular blockbuster in an attempt to piggyback on its success.piggyback
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a piggyback ride
- Until this time the railroads had favored piggyback services (...)'' (''John H. Mahoney'', ''Intermodal Freight Transportation , 1985)
Verb
(en verb)- They tried to piggyback that proposal on the rivers and harbors bill.
- The popular host can’t claim credit for the trade, though. The idea wasn’t his. He piggybacked off another successful investor who had a history of picking winners.
References
*NY Times, article on wireless piggybacking
mockbuster
English
(wikipedia mockbuster)Noun
(en noun)citation