Boss vs. Superior

By Jaxson

  • Boss (noun)

    A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.

  • Boss (noun)

    A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.

  • Boss (noun)

    A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.

  • Boss (noun)

    A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.

  • Boss (noun)

    A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.

  • Boss (noun)

    the target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.

  • Boss (noun)

    A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.

  • Boss (noun)

    A head or reservoir of water.

  • Boss (noun)

    A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.

  • Boss (noun)

    A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.

    “Bad people make for bad bosses. ― Dawn Pine”

  • Boss (noun)

    A person in charge of a business or company.

    “Chat turned to whisper when the boss entered the conference room.”

    “My boss complains that I’m always late to work.”

  • Boss (noun)

    A leader, the head of an organized group or team.

    “They named him boss because he had good leadership skills.”

  • Boss (noun)

    The head of a political party in a given region or district.

    “He is the Republican boss in Kentucky.”

  • Boss (noun)

    A term of address to a man.

    “Yes, boss.”

  • Boss (noun)

    An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.

  • Boss (noun)

    Wife.

    “There’s no olive oil; will sunflower oil do? — I’ll have to run that by the boss.”

  • Boss (verb)

    To decorate with bosses; to emboss.

  • Boss (verb)

    To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.

    “lord over|boss around”

  • Boss (adjective)

    Of excellent quality, first-rate.

    “That is a boss Zefron poster.”

  • Superior (adjective)

    Higher in quality.

    “Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn’t constantly make her legs itch.”

  • Superior (adjective)

    Higher in rank.

  • Superior (adjective)

    More comprehensive, as a term in classification.

    “A genus is superior to a species.”

  • Superior (adjective)

    Located above.

    “the superior jaw; the superior part of an image”

  • Superior (adjective)

    Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.

  • Superior (adjective)

    Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.

  • Superior (adjective)

    Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; said of the radicle.

  • Superior (adjective)

    Greater or better than average; extraordinary.

  • Superior (adjective)

    Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to.

  • Superior (adjective)

    Of a planet: closer to the Earth than to the sun.

  • Superior (noun)

    A person of higher rank or quality.

  • Superior (noun)

    The senior person in a monastic community.

Wiktionary
  • Boss (noun)

    a person who is in charge of a worker or organization

    “union bosses”

    “her boss offered her a promotion”

  • Boss (noun)

    a person in control of a group or situation

    “does he see you as a partner, or is he already the boss?”

  • Boss (noun)

    (in computer gaming) a particularly tough enemy, usually appearing at the end of a section or level

    “the boss characters provide more than enough challenge”

    “you may be required to kill a boss monster”

  • Boss (noun)

    a stud on the centre of a shield.

  • Boss (noun)

    an ornamental carving covering the point where the ribs in a vault or ceiling cross.

  • Boss (noun)

    the central part of a propeller.

  • Boss (noun)

    a large mass of igneous rock protruding through other strata.

  • Boss (noun)

    a cow.

  • Boss (verb)

    give (someone) orders in a domineering manner

    “you’re always bossing us about”

  • Boss (adjective)

    excellent; outstanding

    “she’s a real boss chick”

  • Superior (adjective)

    higher in rank, status, or quality

    “a superior officer”

    “the new model is superior to every other car on the road”

  • Superior (adjective)

    of high standard or quality

    “superior malt whiskies”

  • Superior (adjective)

    greater in size or power

    “deploying superior force”

  • Superior (adjective)

    above yielding to or being influenced by

    “I felt superior to any accusation of anti-Semitism”

  • Superior (adjective)

    having or showing an overly high opinion of oneself; conceited

    “that girl was frightfully superior”

  • Superior (adjective)

    (of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed above the line.

  • Superior (adjective)

    further above or out; higher in position.

  • Superior (adjective)

    (of the ovary of a flower) situated above the sepals and petals.

  • Superior (noun)

    a person superior to another in rank or status, especially a colleague in a higher position

    “obeying their superiors’ orders”

  • Superior (noun)

    the head of a monastery or other religious institution.

  • Superior (noun)

    a superior letter, figure, or symbol.

Oxford Dictionary

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