Bull vs. Buck

Bull vs. Buck — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bull and Buck

Bullnoun

An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.

Bucknoun

A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.

Bullnoun

Specifically, one that is uncastrated.

Bucknoun

(US) An uncastrated sheep, a ram.

Bullnoun

A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.

Bucknoun

A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.

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Bullnoun

An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals.

Bucknoun

A fop or dandy.

Bullnoun

A large, strong man.

Bucknoun

A black or Native American man.

Bullnoun

(finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.

Bucknoun

A dollar (one hundred cents).

Can I borrow five bucks?
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Bullnoun

(slang) A policeman.

Bucknoun

A rand (currency unit).

Bullnoun

(US) Specifically, a policeman employed in a railroad yard.

Bucknoun

Money

Corporations will do anything to make a buck.

Bullnoun

A crown coin; its value, {{5 shillings.}}

Bucknoun

One hundred.

The police caught me driving a buck forty on the freeway.That skinny guy? C'mon, he can't weigh more than a buck and a quarter.

Bullnoun

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Bucknoun

(dated) An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.

Bullnoun

The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.

Bucknoun

Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.

pass the buck; the buck stops here

Bullnoun

A man.

Bucknoun

The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.

Bullnoun

clipping of bullshit.

Bucknoun

(finance) One million dollars.

Bullnoun

A man who has sex with another man's wife or girlfriend with the consent of both.

Bucknoun

(informal) A euro.

Bullnoun

(obsolete) A drink made by pouring water into a cask that previously held liquor.

Bucknoun

A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.

Bullnoun

A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.

Bucknoun

A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork. See [http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/additional-how-to/1009sr-making-a-wood-buck/ Street Rodder "Making a Wood Buck"].

Bullnoun

A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.

Bucknoun

synonym of buck dance

Bullnoun

A lie.

Bucknoun

synonym of muletype of cocktail with ginger ale etc.

Bullnoun

Nonsense.

Bucknoun

(Scotland) The beech tree.

Bullnoun

a bubble

Bucknoun

Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

Bulladjective

Large and strong, like a bull.

Bucknoun

The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.

Bulladjective

(of large mammals) adult male

a bull elephant

Buckverb

(intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.

Bulladjective

(finance) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)

Buckverb

(intransitive) To bend; buckle.

Bulladjective

stupid

Buckverb

To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.

Bullverb

(intransitive) To force oneself (in a particular direction).

He bulled his way in.

Buckverb

To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.

Bullverb

(intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.

Buckverb

To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.

Bullverb

(intransitive) To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.

Buckverb

To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.

The vice president bucked at the board's latest solution.

Bullverb

To polish boots to a high shine.

Buckverb

To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.

The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely.

Bullverb

To endeavour to raise the market price of.

to bull railroad bonds

Buckverb

To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against.

The plane bucked a strong headwind.Our managers have to learn to buck the trend and do the right thing for their employees.John is really bucking the odds on that risky business venture. He's doing quite well.

Bullverb

To endeavour to raise prices in.

to bull the market

Buckverb

(riveting) To press a reinforcing device (bucking bar) against (the force of a rivet) in order to absorb vibration and increase expansion. See Wikipedia: Rivet:Installation.

Bullverb

to publish in a Papal bull

Buckverb

(forestry) To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.

Bullverb

to mock, cheat

Buckverb

(electronics) To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage. See Wikipedia: Buck converter

Bullnoun

uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

Buckverb

To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.

Bullnoun

a large and strong and heavyset man;

he was a bull of a mana thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got

Buckverb

To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.

Bullnoun

obscene words for unacceptable behavior;

I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerkwhat he said was mostly bull

Buckverb

(mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores.

Bullnoun

a serious and ludicrous blunder;

he made a bad bull of the assignment

Bucknoun

a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting

Bullnoun

uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Bucknoun

a piece of paper money worth one dollar

Bullnoun

an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later

Bucknoun

United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)

Bullnoun

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus

Bucknoun

a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

Bullnoun

the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20

Bucknoun

mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)

Bullnoun

the center of a target

Buckverb

to strive with determination;

John is bucking for a promotion

Bullnoun

a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)

Buckverb

resist;

buck the trend

Bullnoun

mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle

Buckverb

move quickly and violently;

The car tore down the streetHe came charging into my office

Bullverb

push or force;

He bulled through his demands

Buckverb

jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;

the yung filly bucked

Bullverb

try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying

Buckadjective

of the lowest rank in a category;

a buck private

Bullverb

talk through one's hat;

The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it

Bullverb

advance in price;

stocks were bulling