What is the difference between score and run?
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The total number of points earned by a participant in a game.
The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
(cricket) A presentation of how many runs a side has scored, and how many wickets have been lost.
(cricket) The number of runs scored by a batsman, or by a side, in either an innings or a match.
Twenty, 20 (number ).
* 1863 November 19, (Abraham Lincoln), , based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
A weight of twenty pounds.
(music) One or more parts of a musical composition in a format indicating how the composition is to be played.
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Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
* Hudibras
* Dryden
A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
* Shakespeare
An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
* Shakespeare
(US, crime, slang) A robbery; a criminal act.
(US, crime, slang) A bribe paid to a police officer.
(US, crime, slang) An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
(US, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
(US, slang) A sexual conquest.
To earn points in a game.
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To earn (points) in a game.
To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
* 2004 , Diane McGuinness, Early reading instruction: what science really tells up about how to teach readin
To record (the score) for a game or a match.
To scratch (paper or cardboard) with a sharp implement to make it easier to fold.
To make fine, shallow lines with a sharp implement, for example as cutting indications.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
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(slang) To acquire or gain.
To obtain something desired.
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To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
(US, crime, slang, transitive, of a police officer) To extract a bribe.
To move swiftly.
#(lb) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
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#(label) To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.
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#(lb) To cause to move quickly; to make move lightly.
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# To compete in a race.
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#(lb) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
# To carry a football down the field.
#(lb) To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
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#(lb) To flee away from a danger or towards help.
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# To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
To flow.
# To move or spread quickly.
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#(lb) Of a liquid, to flow.
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#(lb) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
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#(lb) To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object.
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#(lb) To become liquid; to melt.
#*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
#*:as wax dissolves, as ice begins to run
#* (1665-1728)
#*:Sussex iron ores run freely in the fire.
#(lb) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
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#To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
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#*(Henry Felton) (1679-1740)
#*:The fairest diamonds are rough till they are polished, and the purest gold must be run and washed, and sifted in the ore.
# To go through without stopping, usually illegally.
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To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
To carry out an activity.
#(lb) To control or manage, be in charge of.
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#(lb) To make run in a race or an election.
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#To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
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#(lb) To be presented in one of the media.
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#(lb) To print or broadcast in the media.
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#(lb) To transport someone or something.
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#(lb) To smuggle illegal goods.
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#*:Heavy impositionsare a strong temptation of running goods.
# To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
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(lb) To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
#(lb) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
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#(lb) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
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#(lb) To make something extend in space.
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#(lb) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
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#(lb) To make a machine operate.
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(lb) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
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To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
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*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
*:Virgil, in his first Georgic, has run into a set of precepts foreign to his subject.
(lb) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
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*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
*:Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my heart with grief and run distracted?
*1968 , (Paul Simon), The Boxer (song)
*:I was no more than a boy / In the company of strangers / In the quiet of the railway station / Running scared.
(lb) To cost a large amount of money.
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(lb) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
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To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
*:to run the world back to its first original
*(Arthur Collier) (1680-1732)
*:I would gladly understand the formation of a soul, and run it up to its punctum saliens .
To cause to enter; to thrust.
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*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:You run your head into the lion's mouth.
*(Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
*:having run his fingers through his hair
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*:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;.
To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
*Bible, (w) xxvii. 41
*:They ran the ship aground.
*(John Ray) (1627-1705)
*:A talkative person runs himself upon great inconveniences by blabbing out his own or other's secrets.
*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:Others, accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy into metaphysical notions.
To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
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To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
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*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:He runneth two dangers.
To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
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*:He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them.
To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
To control or have precedence in a card game.
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To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
* (1587-1663)
*:The king's ordinary style runneth , "Our sovereign lord the king."
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, chapter=5, title= (lb) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
* (1628–1699)
*:Men gave them their own names, by which they run a great while in Rome.
*(Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)
*:Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself.
To have growth or development.
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*:if the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves
To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds.
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:Temperate climates run into moderate governments.
To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
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*Sir (Josiah Child) (1630-1699)
*:Customs run' only upon our goods imported or exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest ' runs as well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid.
Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
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Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
* 1759 , N. Tindal, The Continuation of Mr Rapin's History of England , volume 21 (continuation volume 9), page 92:
A pleasure trip.
* Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit
Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
* 2006 , Tsirk Susej, The Demonic Bible (ISBN 1411690737), page 41:
Migration (of fish).
A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
(skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
A (regular) trip or route.
The route taken while running or skiing.
The distance sailed by a ship.
* 1977 , Star Wars (film)
A voyage.
An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
(Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
State of being current; currency; popularity.
* Addison
A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
* Burke
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# A series of tries in a game that were successful.
(card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
(music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
A trial of an experiment.
A flow of liquid; a leak.
(US, dialect) A small creek or part thereof.
The amount of something made.
A production quantity in a factory.
The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
* Macaulay
A quick pace, faster than a walk.
# (of horses) A fast gallop.
A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
Any sudden large demand for something.
The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
The horizontal length of a set of stairs
A standard or unexceptional group or category.
(baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.
(cricket) A point scored.
(American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
* 2003 , Jack Seibold, Spartan Sports Encyclopedia , page 592:
(rfc-sense) Unrestricted use of an area.
A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
(nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
(construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
(mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
A pair or set of millstones.
(video games) A playthrough.
(slang)
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In a liquid state; melted or molten.
* 1921 , L. W. Ferris, H. W. Redfield and W. R. North, The Volatile Acids and the Volatile Oxidizable Substances of Cream and Experimental Butter'', in the ''Journal of Dairy Science , volume 4 (1921), page 522:
Cast in a mould.
* 1735 , Thomas Frankz, A tour through France, Flanders, and Germany: in a letter to Robert Savil , page 18:
* 1833 , The Cabinet Cyclopaedia: A treatise on the progressive improvement and present state of the Manufactures in Metal'', volume 2, ''Iron and Steel (printed in London), page 314:
* (Richard of Raindale, The Plan of my House vindicated'', quoted by) T. T. B. in the ''Dwelling of Richard of Raindale, King of the Moors'', published in ''The Mirror , number 966, 7 September 1839, page 153:
Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
(of a, fish) Travelled]], migrated; having made a migration or a spawning [[#Noun, run.
* 1889 , Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell, Fishing: Salmon and Trout , fifth edition, page 185:
* 1986 , Arthur Oglesby, Fly fishing for salmon and sea trout , page 15:
* 2005 , Rod Sutterby, Malcolm Greenhalgh, Atlantic Salmon: An Illustrated Natural History , page 86:
In cricket terms the difference between score and run
is that score is the number of runs scored by a batsman, or by a side, in either an innings or a match while run is a point scored.In lang=en terms the difference between score and run
is that score is one or more parts of a musical composition in a format indicating how the composition is to be played while run is a rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.In intransitive terms the difference between score and run
is that score is to obtain something desired while run is of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.In transitive terms the difference between score and run
is that score is to provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score while run is to cost a large amount of money.As an interjection score
is acknowledgement of success.As an adjective run is
in a liquid state; melted or molten.score
English
(wikipedia score)Noun
(en noun)- "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
- (Halliwell)
Travels and travails, passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
- Well, although we haven't discussed the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not [being], we've done enough on that score .
- But left the trade, as many more / Have lately done on the same score .
- You act your kindness in Cydria's score .
- Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used.
- He parted well, and paid his score .
Derived terms
* go off at score * scorecard * film score * threescore * fourscore * scorelessVerb
(scor)- Pelé scores again!
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- It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
- At the end of first grade, the children scored 80 percent correct on this test, a value that remained unchanged through third grade.
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- The baker scored the cake so the servers would know where to slice it.
- Chris finally scored with Pat last week.
- Did you score tickets for the concert?
- "Of course it would be hypocritical for me to pretend that I regret what Abraham did. After all, I've scored by it."
Derived terms
* scorable * score a brace * score off, score-off * unscoredSee also
* gradeReferences
* Tom Dalzell, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English , 2008, page 846Anagrams
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English
Verb
What a waste, passage=India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.}}
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running : “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}
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Synonyms
* go * pass * lead * extend * hunt * hunt down * track down * travel * speed * hurryDerived terms
* run across * run after * run along * run around * run away * run by * run down * run in * run into * run off * run on * run out * run over * run through * run to * run up * run up against * also-ran * hit-and-run * overrun * runaround * runaway * run-down * run-in * runner * runner-up * runny * run-off * run-of-the-mill, run of the mill * runtime * run-up * runway * front runner * run for the hills * run rate * run time * hold with the hare and run with the hounds * hit the ground running * in the running * off and running * one can run but one can't hide * out of the running * make someone's blood run cold * run a bath * run a fever * run aground * run amok, run amuck * run an errand * run a risk * run a temperature * run circles around * run for the roses * run hot * run hot and cold * run high * run in the family * run low * run out of steam * run rampant * run scared * run somebody of their feet * run somebody ragged * run the gamut * run the gauntlet * run into the ground * run the show * up and runningNoun
(en noun)- I just got back from my morning run .
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- I need to make a run to the store.
- Let's go for a run in the car.
- And I think of giving her a run in London for a change.
- During his run from the police, he claimed to have a metaphysical experience which can only be described as “having passed through an abyss.”
- The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded.
- Which run did you do today?
- a good run'''; a '''run of fifty miles
- You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.
- a run to China
- He set up a rabbit run .
- It is impossible for detached papers to have a general run , or long continuance, if not diversified with humour.
- I’m having a run of bad luck.
- He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run .
- They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure put a seal on their calamities.
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- The data got lost, so I'll have to perform another run of the experiment.
- The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.
- a run of must in wine-making
- the first run of sap in a maple orchard
- The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run ".
- The book’s initial press run will be 5,000 copies.
- Yesterday we did a run of 12,000 units.
- The run of the show lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night.
- It is the last week of our French cinema run .
- A canting, mawkish play had an immense run .
- He broke into a run .
- Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings.
- There was a run on Christmas presents.
- He stood out from the usual run of applicants.
- one of the greatest runs of all time.
- Aaron Roberts added an insurance touchdown on a one-yard run .
- He can have the run of the house.
- I have a run in my stocking.
- This was my first successful run without losing any health.
- And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same / When I'm rushing on my run .
Synonyms
* (horizontal part of a step) tread * (unravelling) ladder (British) * (computing) execute, start * See alsoAntonyms
* (horizontal part of a step) rise, riser * (horizontal distance of a set of stairs) riseDerived terms
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* (computer science) trajectoryAdjective
(-)- Put some run butter on the vegetables.
- Samples of the regular run butter were sealed in 1 pound tins and sent to Washington, where the butter was scored and examined.
- Vast quantities are cast in sand moulds, with that kind of run steel which is so largely used in the production of common table-knives and forks.
- For making tea I have a kettle,
- Besides a pan made of run metal;
- An old arm-chair, in which I sit well —
- The back is round.
- The temperature of the water is consequently much higher than in either England or Scotland, and many newly run salmon will be found in early spring in the upper waters of Irish rivers where obstructions exist.
- It may be very much a metallic appearance as opposed to the silver freshness of a recently run salmon.
- Thus, on almost any day of the year, a fresh-run salmon may be caught legally somewhere in the British Isles.