Side vs Rank - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between side and rank

is that side is a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape while rank is a row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].

As verbs the difference between side and rank

is that side is to ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with while rank is to place abreast, or in a line.

As adjectives the difference between side and rank

is that side is being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral while rank is strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter.

As adverbs the difference between side and rank

is that side is widely; wide; far while rank is quickly, eagerly, impetuously.

As a proper noun Side

is an ancient city on a small peninsula on the Mediterranean coast of Anatolia, settled by Greeks from Cyme.

side

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) side, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.

*, chapter=23

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side , and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}

A region in a specified position with respect to something.

*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)

One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.

One set of competitors in a game.

A sports team.

*{{quote-book, year=1988, author=Ken Jones, coauthor=Crown, Pat Welton, title=Soccer skills & tactics, page=9

, passage=Newly promoted, they were top of the First Division and unbeaten when they took on a Manchester United side that had been revitalized by a new manager,

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 28, author=Jon Smith, work=BBC Sport

, title= Valencia 1-1 Chelsea , passage=It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.}}

*2011 , Nick Cain, Greg Growden, Rugby Union For Dummies , UK Edition, 3rd Edition, p.220:

*:Initially, the English, Welsh, Scots and Irish unions refused to send national sides', preferring instead to send touring ' sides like the Barbarians, the Penguins, the Co-Optimists, the Wolfhounds, Crawshays Welsh, and the Public School Wanderers.

A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.

* Landor

*:We have not always been of thesame side in politics.

* Alexander Pope

*:sets the passions on the side of truth

Sidespin; english

A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (lb).

A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.

A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

* Milton

*:To sit upon thy father David's throne, / By mother's side thy father.

Synonyms

* (bounding straight edge of an object) edge * (flat surface of an object) face * (left or right half) half * (surface of a sheet of paper) page * (region in a specified position with respect to something) * (one possible aspect of a concept) * (set of opponents in a game) team * (group having a particular allegiance in a war) * (television channel) channel, station (US)

Derived terms

* * aside * countryside * driverside * five-a-side * guide on the side * hillside * inside * mountainside * offside * other side * outside * quayside * riverside * roadside * seaside * sideband * sideboard * sideburn, sideburns * side by side * sidecar * side dish * side effect * side issue * sidekick * sidelight * sideline * sidelong * side on * side-saddle, sidesaddle * side scroller * side-splitting * side street * sideswipe * sidetrack * sidewalk * sidewall * sideways * sidewinder * split one's sides * take sides * topside * underside * upside

Verb

(sid)

To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"

Which will you side with , good or evil?

* 1597 , Francis Bacon, Essays – "Of Great Place":

All rising to great place is by a winding star; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man's self, whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.

* Alexander Pope

All side in parties, and begin the attack.

* 1958 , Archer Fullingim, The Kountze [Texas] News, August 28, 1958 :

How does it feel... to... side in with those who voted against you in 1947?

To lean on one side.

(Francis Bacon)

(obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

* Spenser

His blind eye that sided Paridell.

(obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.

(Clarendon)

(shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

To furnish with a siding.

to side a house

Synonyms

* (ally oneself) * take side

Derived terms

* side with * siding

Statistics

Etymology 2

From (etyl) side, syde, syd, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)

Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.

* Dryden

One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.

Indirect; oblique; incidental.

a side''' issue; a '''side view or remark

* Hooker

The law hath no side respect to their persons.

Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.

* Laneham

His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg.

(Shakespeare)

(Scotland) Far; distant.

Derived terms

* (l)

Etymology 3

From (etyl) side, syde, from (etyl) . See above.

Adverb

(en adverb)

Widely; wide; far.

Anagrams

* 1000 English basic words ----

rank

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter.

Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.

* Bible, (w) xli. 5

And, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

*{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)

, title= The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.}}

Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.

* 1899 , (Joseph Conrad),

The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple

Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.

(Mortimer)

Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.

Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.

* (Robert Boyle) (1627-1691)

Divers sea fowls taste rank of the fish on which they feed.

Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=March 1, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
, title= Chelsea 2-1 Man Utd , passage=Chelsea remain rank outsiders to retain their crown and they still lie 12 points adrift of United, but Ancelotti will regard this as a performance that supports his insistence that they can still have a say when the major prizes are handed out this season.}}
(label) Gross, disgusting.

(label) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.

(label) Inflamed with venereal appetite.

(Shakespeare)

Synonyms

* (bad odor) stinky, smelly ** See also: pong (UK) * (complete) complete, utter

Adverb

(en adverb)
(obsolete) Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iii:

The seely man seeing him ryde so rancke , / And ayme at him, fell flat to ground for feare [...].

* Fairfax

That rides so rank and bends his lance so fell.

Etymology 2

(etyl) , which is of uncertain origin. Akin to (etyl) . More at (ring).

Noun

(en noun)
A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].

The front rank''' kneeled to reload while the second '''rank fired over their heads.

* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=7 citation , passage=Then there was no more cover, for they straggled out, not in ranks but clusters, from among orange trees and tall, flowering shrubs
# (chess) one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard [the corresponding term for a vertical line is "file"].

(music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.

One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality

Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.

The fancy hotel was of the first rank.

(class)The level of one's position in a class-based society

a level in an organization such as the military

Private First Class (PFC) is the lowest rank in the Marines.

He rose up through the ranks of the company from mailroom clerk to CEO.

(taxonomy) a level in a scientific taxonomy system

Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.

(linear algebra) Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.

The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor (mathematics).

(chess) one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those which run from letter to letter). The analog vertical lines are the files .

Derived terms

* break rank * close ranks * pull rank

Verb

(en verb)
To place abreast, or in a line.

To have a ranking.

Their defense ranked third in the league.

To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.

* I. Watts

Ranking all things under general and special heads.

* Broome

Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers.

* Dr. H. More

Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft.

(US) To take rank of; to outrank.

Anagrams

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