Killer vs Them - What's the difference?
killer | them |
That which kills.
(figuratively) That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.
(figuratively) Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
(sports) A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
A diacritic mark used in Indic scripts to suppress an inherent vowel (e.g., the Hindi viram, the Bengali or Oriya hasanta) or render the entire syllable silent (e.g., the Burmese virama, the Khmer toandakhiat).
(slang) Excellent, very good.
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Causing death, destruction, or obliteration.
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(dialectal) those
* 2005 , Elmer Kelton, Sons of Texas , Tor/Forge (2005), page 111:
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As a noun killer
is an ink eradicator or killer can be a paid killer, a contract killer.As an adjective them is
additional.As a conjunction them is
plus.As a verb them is
to increase.killer
English
Noun
(en noun)- There’s a killer on the loose.
- ''My cat is a habitual bird killer .
- Carbon monoxide is a silent killer .
- ''That test was a killer .
- The final hill in the race course was a killer .
- Various means had were used to steer aircraft in the early years but ailerons were the killer .
- So, for example, an invisible ?thaq “killer ” (virama) (U+1039) is not inserted between initial and medial consonants. — http://mercury.soas.ac.uk/wadict/burmese/SOASMyanmar_keyboard_and_font_user_manual.pdf
- We have previously shown that there is no “virama” sign as a general “killer ” in Khmer script, unlike, for example, in Devanagari script. — http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2458.pdf
- The virama U+1039 MYANMAR SIGN VIRAMA also participates in some common constructions where it appears as a visible sign, commonly termed killer . — http://www.myanmarnlp.net.mm/doc/20010714_implementation_draungmaw1.PPT
- In the course of its adaptation to non-Indo-Aryan languages, the Burmese script has acquired some features that distinguish it from other Indic scripts. The killer''', or virama, participates in some common constructions that would be clumsy to handle the way they would be in the other Indic scripts, so the control function of the virama is separated from the diacritic function of the '''killer'''. The virama, 0F4D is used to form conjunct consonants, while the '''killer''', 0F52, is a simple diacritic and has no effect on character shaping. The '''killer is also combined with the VOWEL SIGN O (0F4B) to form the low level tone vowel “o.” When used this way, this symbol is known as hyei hto, or “thrust forward.” — http://unicode.org/reports/tr1.html
- For example, although the ‘vowel killer ’ diacritic may be called a ‘pulli’ in Tamil, it is still referred to by the Unicode character names as a ‘virama’. — http://www.w3.org/2002/Talks/09-ri-indic/indic-paper.html
- Thai words that have been borrowed from Sanskrit, Pali and English usually try to retain as much of the original spelling as possible; as this will often produce pronunciations that are impossible or misleading, a ‘killer ’ symbol is placed above the redundant consonant to indicate that it may be ignored'' — ''Thai: An Essential Grammar By David Smyth
- Sometimes the ‘killer'''’ sign, called '''kaaran in Thai, cancels out not only the consonant above which it appears, but also the one immediately preceding it.'' — ''Thai: An Essential Grammar By David Smyth
Synonyms
* (that which kills) assassin, murderer; see also * (diacritic) virama, halant, vowel killerDerived terms
* contract killer * ladykiller; lady-killer; lady killer * serial killer * thrill killer * vowel killerAdjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* killer app * killer cancelSee also
* anusvara * candrabindu * sukun * visarga ----them
English
(wikipedia them)Pronoun
- Give it to them . (after preposition)
- She wrote them a letter. (indirect object)
- She treated them for a cold. (direct object)
- If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them . (after preposition)
- If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner. (indirect object)
- If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them . (direct object)
- If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, [t]hen shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
Usage notes
* Regarding the use of singular them , see they .See also
(English personal pronouns)Determiner
(en determiner)- " Them two wild horses ain't fit to ride, and I been wonderin' how I was goin' to get you out of this place before them Spanish maybe circle back and finish the job."
- Them kids need to grow up.