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Swot vs Geek - What's the difference?

swot | geek |

As verbs the difference between swot and geek

is that swot is to study with effort or determination while geek is to get high on cocaine.

As nouns the difference between swot and geek

is that swot is one who swots while geek is a carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.

As an acronym SWOT

is strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats.

swot

English

Verb

(swott)
  • (intransitive, slang, British) To study with effort or determination.
  • To study something with effort or determination (swot up on).
    • You should swot up on your French before travelling to Paris.

    Derived terms

    * swot up on * swot vac

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, British) one who swots
  • (slang, British) work
  • (slang, British) vigorous study at an educational institution

    • Anagrams

    *

    geek

    English

    (wikipedia geek)

    Etymology 1

    From the British dialectal term .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
    • I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.
  • (colloquial) A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and usually asocial. Often used with an attributive noun.
    • I was a complete computer geek in high school, but I get out a lot more now.
    Most famous actors are really theater geeks at heart.
  • (colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
    • My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek .
    Do you need a hardware geek''' or a software '''geek ?
  • (colloquial) The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks.
  • * 2007' '''Kelly Boler, ''inmag.com'':''' ''"Basically," says [Harry J.] Knowles [founder, 'Ain't It Cool News' website], "it's my job to stay on top of the latest and coolest in '''geek that's out there, specifically as it relates to the world of film."
  • (colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
    • Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks .
    Derived terms
    * geek chic * geek code * geekdom * geekery * geekly * geek out * geeky
    See also
    * dork * freak * guru * hacker * loser * nerd

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial) To get high on cocaine.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably related to keek; compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, colloquial) A look.
  • * 2005 , , The Essential Bird , unnumbered page,
    • Then he says let?s have a geek at some of the elephant pictures instead.
    Have a geek at this.
    Synonyms
    * (sense) , gander