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Trail vs Judge - What's the difference?

trail | judge |

As proper nouns the difference between trail and judge

is that trail is a city in british columbia while judge is .

trail

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
  • (label) To drag (something) behind on the ground.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
  • "I saw your brother—I saw your brother," he said, nodding his head, as Archer lagged past him, trailing his spade, and scowling at the old gentleman in spectacles.
  • (label) To leave (a trail of).
  • (label) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.
  • To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 29, author=Keith Jackson, work=Daily Record
  • , title= SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0 , passage=Neil Lennon and his players have, in almost no time at all, roared back from trailing Rangers by 15 points in November to ending the year two points clear.}}
  • (label) To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
  • To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.
  • (Longfellow)
  • (label) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
  • * (1816-1855)
  • I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance.

    Derived terms

    * trailer * trail off

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
  • A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
  • A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
  • Synonyms

    * (track of an animal) spoor, sign * (route for travel over land) dirt track, footpath, path, track

    Derived terms

    * condensation trail, contrail * paper trail * sawdust trail * star trail * trail bike * trailblazer (see blazer) * trailblazing * trail mix * vapo(u)r trail

    See also

    * path * track

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    judge

    English

    Alternative forms

    * judg (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence.
  • A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
  • A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
  • At a boxing match the decision of the judges is final.
  • A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
  • He is a good judge of wine.
  • * Dryden
  • A man who is no judge' of law may be a good ' judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.

    Synonyms

    * (one who judges or dispenses judgement) deemer, deemster * (official of the court) justice, sheriff

    Derived terms

    * * * * * *

    Verb

    (judg)
  • To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
  • A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
  • To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
  • Justices in this country judge without appeal.
  • To form an opinion on.
  • I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
  • To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
  • We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
  • To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
  • I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
  • To form an opinion; to infer.
  • I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
  • * 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VIII
  • THE sun was up so high when I waked that I judged it was after eight o'clock.
  • (intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

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