Shoulder vs Soldier - What's the difference?
shoulder | soldier |
(lb) The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.
#The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
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#*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder . The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.
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#*:With just the turn of a shoulder' she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, ''Mount Vernon'', river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he smiled and also shrugged a ' shoulder .
#(lb) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
#A cut of meat comprised of the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
#The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
A shelf between two levels.
#A part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency; a hard shoulder.
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#The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
#*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
#*:the north western shoulder of the mountain
#The lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
#The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
#An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
(lb) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
The portion below the neck.
#(lb) The rounded portion of stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
#The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
#(lb) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
(lb) That which supports or sustains; support.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:In thy shoulder do I build my seat.
To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
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To carry (something) on one's shoulders.
(figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
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To put (something) on one's shoulders.
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(figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
To place (something) against one's shoulders.
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To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
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To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
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A member of an army, of any rank.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:I am a soldier and unapt to weep.
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
*2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited,
*:Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Aghanistan, is not the first solider to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.
A private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier .
A guardsman.
A member of the Salvation Army.
A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip and dipped into a soft-boiled egg.
A term of affection for a young boy.
Someone who fights or toils well.
The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini ).
One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
To continue.
To be a soldier.
To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished. Has also been called dogging it'' or ''goldbricking . (Originally from the way that conscripts may approach following orders. Usage less prevalent in the era of all-volunteer militaries.)
As nouns the difference between shoulder and soldier
is that shoulder is The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.soldier is a member of an army, of any rank.As verbs the difference between shoulder and soldier
is that shoulder is to push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder while soldier is to continue.As a proper noun Soldier is
a city in Iowa.shoulder
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(en noun)Derived terms
* cold shoulder * hard shoulder * rub shoulders * shoulder bag * shoulder blade * shoulder check * shoulder-length * shoulder pad * shoulder season * shoulder to cry on * straight from the shoulder * you can't put an old head on young shouldersVerb
(en verb)- As they the earth would shoulder from her seat.
- ''Around her numberless the rabble flowed, / Shouldering each other, crowding for a view.
- shoulder the blame
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Alternative forms
* soldior (obsolete) * soldiour (obsolete) * souldier (obsolete) * souldior (obsolete) * souldiour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
