Rocker vs Mod - What's the difference?
rocker | mod |
A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
Hence, a rocking chair
(surfing) The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)
Someone passionate about rock music.
A musician who plays rock music.
(informal) A rock music song.
* Pitchfork Media [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7852-the-top-200-tracks-of-the-1990s-50-21/3/]
One who rocks something.
* Fuller
(UK) A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.
Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, such as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
A rocking horse.
A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
(engineering) A rock shaft.
(uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
(UK) a 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
(slang) A modification to an object, computer game, etc., typically for the purpose of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
(Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
(computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
* 1992 , "Jordan K. Hubbard", How to convert Amiga mods to Arch?'' (on Internet newsgroup ''comp.sys.acorn )
* 2003 , Rene T. A. Lysloff, Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture (page 38)
(rock climbing) A moderately difficult route.
Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
(slang) To modify an object from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
To moderate; to punish a rule-breaking user on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
In context|uk|lang=en terms the difference between rocker and mod
is that rocker is (uk) a member of a british subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music while mod is (uk) a 1960s british person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.As nouns the difference between rocker and mod
is that rocker is a curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth while mod is (uncountable) an unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in england in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.As a verb mod is
(slang) to modify an object from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.rocker
English
Noun
(en noun)- All modern surfboards share a similar rocker design — Bruce Jones [http://www.brucejones.com/longboar.htm]
- "Girls & Boys" is
- It was I, sir, said the rocker , who had the honour, some thirty years since, to attend on your highness in your infancy.
Derived terms
* off one's rockerAnagrams
* ----mod
English
(wikipedia mod)Synonyms
* (modulus) , modulusNoun
(en noun)- I'd like to convert some of the arch(SIC) mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.
- These mods , while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.
Usage notes
In gaming, mods are created by end users whereas such content by the game creators would be labeled an expansion pack.Verb
(modd)- His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his .
- Don't break the rules or you'll be modded .
