Bank vs Rock - What's the difference?
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An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
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, title= A branch office of such an institution.
An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque .
A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
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(gambling) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
A device used to store coins or currency.
To deal with a bank or financial institution.
To put into a bank .
(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
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(nautical, hydrology) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).
(geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
(aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
(rail transport) An incline, a hill.
A mass noun for a quantity of clouds.
(mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
(mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
(mining) The ground at the top of a shaft.
(aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
To cause (an aircraft) to bank .
To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
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(obsolete) To pass by the banks of.
A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
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A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
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A bench or seat for judges in court.
The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc.
(archaic, printing) A kind of table used by printers.
(music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
(uncountable) slang for money
(uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
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(UK) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.
A large hill or island having no vegetation.
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(figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
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(geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
(slang) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.
A lump or cube of ice.
(British, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
(US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
(US, slang) An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
(South Africa, slang, derogatory) An Afrikaner.
An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
(basketball, informal) A basketball (ball).
A fish, the striped bass.
A fish, the huss or rock salmon.
(transitive, and, intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
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To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
(intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
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A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals.
To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
(slang) To be very favourable or skilful; to excel.
to thrill or excite, especially with rock music
to do something with excitement yet skillfully
To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
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(countable) distaff
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(uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.
As a noun bank
is bench, pew.As a verb rock is
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English
Alternative forms
* (all obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) banke, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)End of the peer show, passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.
- Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money.
- If you want to buy a bicycle, you need to put the money in your piggy bank .
Synonyms
* (controller of a card game) bankerDerived terms
* bankability * bankable * bank account * bank agent * bank balance * bank bill * bank book * bank card * bank charges * bank cheque * bank clerk * bank draft * banker * bank giro * bank holiday * bank interest * bank loan * bank manager * banknote * bank of deposit * bank of issue * bank paper * bank rate * bank reserves * bank statement * bank stock * blood bank * bottle bank * break the bank * banking * bankroll * central bank * clearing bank * cry all the way to the bank * databank * food bank * investment bank * * joint-stock bank * laugh all the way to the bank * memory bank * merchant bank * national bank * peat bank * penny bank * piggy bank * pot bank * prime bank * private bank * reserve bank * savings bank * sperm bank * spoil bank * state bank * stopbank * take it to the bank * trustee savings bank * World BankVerb
(en verb)- He banked with Barclays.
- I'm going to bank the money.
Derived terms
* bank onEtymology 2
(etyl) banke, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Tiber trembled underneath her banks .
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- Just upstream of Dryburgh Abbey, a reproduction of a classical Greek temple stands at the top of a wooded hillock on the river’s north bank .
- the banks of Newfoundland
- The bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front.
- Ores are brought to bank .
Derived terms
* bank up * clay-bank * cloud bank * embank * embankment * land bank * Left Bank * left-bank * oyster bank * right-bank * river bank * sand bank * sea bank * West BankVerb
(en verb)- to bank sand
- banked well with earth
- (Shakespeare)
Etymology 3
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- a bank of switches
- a bank of pay phones
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Etymology 4
Probably from (etyl) banc. Of German origin, and akin to English bench.Noun
(en noun)- Placed on their banks , the lusty Trojans sweep / Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep.
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Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----rock
English
(wikipedia rock)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rocke, ).http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=rock&searchmode=noneNoun
High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.
- The location is particularly well known for its Pearl Mountain or "Pearl Rock'". This huge granite rock is formed by three rounded outcrops that make up Pearl Mountain and has been compared in majesty to Uluru (formerly known as ' Ayers Rock ) in Australia."
- And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Celeste Talbert: She is my rock , my right hand.
- We ordered rock and chips to take away.
Synonyms
* (natural mineral aggregate) stone * (projecting mass of rock) cliff * (boulder or large stone) boulder, pebble, stone * foundation, support * (precious stone or gem) gem, diamond * (lump of ice) ice, ice cube * (crystallized lump of crack cocaine) crack * (Afrikaner) AfrikanerDerived terms
* bedrock * between a rock and a hard place * dumb as rocks/dumb as a box of rocks * get one's rocks off * hit the rock * hit the rocks * on the rocks * rock bottom * rock crystal * rock dove * Rock English * rockery * rock garden * rock hard * rock hound * rockiness * rockness * Rock of Ages * rock pigeon * rock rabbit * rock salt * rock scorpion * rock solid * rocky * see rocks ahead * solid as a rock * steady as a rock * sunken rock * the Rock * The RockReferences
Etymology 2
From (etyl) rokken, from (etyl) roccian, from (etyl) ).Verb
(en verb)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.}}
- A rising earthquake rocked the ground.
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- ": I just wanna rock you, all night long.
- ": Rock''' me gently, '''rock me slowly, take it easy, don't you know, 'cause I have never been loved like this before.
Derived terms
* rock along * rock and roll * rock with laughter * rocker * rockily * rocking chair * rocky * rocky chair * rock the boat * rock-a-bye * the hand that rocks the cradle rules the worldEtymology 3
Shortened from rock and roll. Since the meaning of (term) has adapted to mean a simpler, more modern, metal-like genre, (term) has generally been left referring to earlier forms such as that of the 1950s, notably more swing-oriented style.Noun
(-)Synonyms
* (style of music)Verb
(en verb)- Let’s rock !
- Chocolate rocks .
- Let's rock this joint!
- I need to rock a piss.
- Take today, where she's rocking that well-known fashion combo – a Tory Burch outfit offset with a whacking great bruise attained by smacking her head on a plane's overhead lockers.
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Synonyms
* (be very favourable or skilful) ruleAntonyms
* (be very favourable or skilful) suckDerived terms
* acid rock * alternative rock * Britrock * Christian rock * cock rock * country rock * dadrock * deathrock * folk rock * glam rock * glitter rock * gothic rock * hard rock * J-rock * krautrock * pop rock * post-rock * progressive rock * punk rock * punk rocker * rockabilly * * rocker * soft rock * space rock * stoner rock * technorockEtymology 4
From (etyl) rok, rocke , rokke, perhaps from (etyl) .Noun
- Sad Clotho held the rocke , the whiles the thread / By grisly Lachesis was spun with pain, / That cruel Atropos eftsoon undid.
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