Ragged vs Veteran - What's the difference?
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(rag)
Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.
Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged.
Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
* (rfdate) .
Wearing tattered clothes.
Rough; shaggy; rugged.
* (rfdate), .
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 19
, author=Paul fletcher
, title=Blackpool 1-2 West Ham
, work=BBC Sport
A person with long experience of a particular activity.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service.
Having had long experience, practice, or service.
* Macaulay
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4 Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.
Ragged is a related term of veteran.
As a verb ragged
is (rag).As an adjective ragged
is rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.As a noun veteran is
veteran.ragged
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a ragged coat
- a ragged sail
- ragged rocks
- A ragged noise of mirth.
- a ragged fellow
- What shepherd owns those ragged sheep?
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Derived terms
* ragged lady * raggedly * raggedness * ragged robin * ragged sailor * ragged schoolAnagrams
* English heteronymsveteran
English
(wikipedia veteran)Noun
(en noun)Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
Derived terms
* Veterans DayAdjective
(-)- The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers.
citation, passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.}}