The difference between Buck and Ram
When used as nouns, buck means a male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad, whereas ram means a male sheep.
When used as verbs, buck means to copulate, as bucks and does, whereas ram means to intentionally collide with (a ship) with the intention of damaging or sinking it.
check bellow for the other definitions of Buck and Ram
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Buck as a noun:
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.
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Buck as a noun (US):
An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
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Buck as a noun:
A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
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Buck as a noun (British, obsolete):
A fop or dandy.
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Buck as a noun (US, dated, derogatory):
A black or Native American man.
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Buck as a noun (US, Australia, NZ, Canada, informal):
A dollar (one hundred cents).
Examples:
"Can I borrow five bucks?"
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Buck as a noun (South Africa, informal):
A rand (currency unit).
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Buck as a noun (by extension, Australia, South Africa, US, informal):
Money
Examples:
"Corporations will do anything to make a buck."
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Buck as a noun (US, slang):
One hundred.
Examples:
"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."
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Buck as a noun (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.
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Buck as a noun (US, in certain metaphors or phrases):
Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.
Examples:
"[[pass the buck]]''; ''[[the buck stops here]]"
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Buck as a noun (UK, dialect):
The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.
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Buck as a noun (finance):
One million dollars.
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Buck as a noun (informal):
A euro.
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Buck as a noun:
A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
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Buck as a noun:
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"].
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Buck as a noun (AAVE, dated, dance):
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Buck as a noun:
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Buck as a verb (intransitive):
To copulate, as bucks and does.
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Buck as a verb (intransitive):
To bend; buckle.
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Buck as a verb (intransitive, of a horse, _, or similar saddle or pack animal):
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.
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Buck as a verb (transitive, of a horse, _, or similar saddle or pack animal):
To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
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Buck as a verb (transitive, military):
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.
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Buck as a verb (intransitive, by extension):
To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
Examples:
"The vice president bucked at the board's latest solution."
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Buck as a verb (intransitive, by extension):
To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
Examples:
"The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely."
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Buck as a verb (transitive, by extension):
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.
Examples:
"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."
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Buck as a verb (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.
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Buck as a verb (forestry):
To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.
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Buck as a verb (electronics):
To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage. See Wikipedia: Buck converter
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Buck as a noun (Scotland):
The beech tree.
Examples:
"rfquotek Johnson"
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Buck as a noun:
Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
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Buck as a noun:
The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
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Buck as a verb:
To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.
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Buck as a verb:
To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
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Buck as a verb (mining):
To break up or pulverize, as ores.
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Ram as a noun:
A male sheep.
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Ram as a noun:
A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
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Ram as a noun:
A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
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Ram as a noun:
A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
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Ram as a noun:
A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, a steam hammer, a stamp mill.
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Ram as a verb (transitive):
To intentionally collide with (a ship) with the intention of damaging or sinking it.
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Ram as a verb (transitive):
To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
Examples:
"After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod."
"[http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/12/29/snatch-thieves-rammed-by-victim-accidentally/ Snatch thieves rammed by victim accidentally]"
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Ram as a verb (transitive):
To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
Examples:
"Rammed earth walls"
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Ram as a verb (slang):
To penetrate sexually.
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