Rookie vs Pledge - What's the difference?
rookie | pledge |
An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
A novice.
An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.
(British) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.
non-professional; amateur
To make a solemn promise (to do something).
To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
* 1773 ,
* 1852 , Matthew Arnold, Tristram and Iseult
A solemn promise to do something.
Something given by a person who is borrowing money etc to the person he has borrowed it from, to be kept until the money etc is returned.
A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but not yet formally approved.
A security to guarantee payment of a debt.
A drinking toast.
A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.
As nouns the difference between rookie and pledge
is that rookie is an inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces while pledge is a solemn promise to do something.As an adjective rookie
is non-professional; amateur.As a verb pledge is
to make a solemn promise (to do something).rookie
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* beginner * newbie, new boy * noob * tyro * novice * See alsoAdjective
(-)- The game was going well until I made that rookie mistake.
See also
* naive * rooky (homophone)pledge
English
(wikipedia pledge)Verb
(pledg)- HARDCASTLE [Taking the cup.] I hope you'll find it to your mind. I have prepared it with my own hands, and I believe you'll own the ingredients are tolerable. Will you be so good as to pledge me, sir? Here, Mr. Marlow, here is to our better acquaintance. [Drinks.]
- Reach me my golden cup that stands by thee,
- And pledge me in it first for courtesy.
