The difference between Jack and Nothing

When used as nouns, jack means a mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, e.g. screw jack, scissor jack, hydraulic jack, ratchet jack, scaffold jack, whereas nothing means something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.

Jack is also verb with the meaning: to use a jack.

Nothing is also pronoun with the meaning: not any thing.

Nothing is also adverb with the meaning: not at all.

check bellow for the other definitions of Jack and Nothing

  1. Jack as a noun:

    A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, e.g. screw jack, scissor jack, hydraulic jack, ratchet jack, scaffold jack.

    Examples:

    "She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire."

  2. Jack as a noun:

    A man or men in general.

    Examples:

    "Every man jack''."

  3. Jack as a noun:

    A male animal.

  4. Jack as a noun:

    A male ass.

  5. Jack as a noun (card games):

    A playing card with the letter "J" and the image of a knave or prince on it, the eleventh card in a given suit. Also called a .

  6. Jack as a noun (cricket, by extension):

    The eleventh batsman to come to the crease in an innings.

  7. Jack as a noun (archaic):

    A knave (a servant or later, a deceitful man).

  8. Jack as a noun (sports):

    A target ball in bowls, etc; a jack-ball.

  9. Jack as a noun (games):

    A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.

  10. Jack as a noun (colloquial, euphemistic):

    Nothing, jack shit.

    Examples:

    "You haven't done jack. Get up and get this room cleaned up right now!"

  11. Jack as a noun (nautical):

    A small flag at the bow of a ship.

  12. Jack as a noun (nautical):

    A naval ensign flag flown from the main mast, mizzen mast, or the aft-most major mast of (especially) British sailing warships; Union Jack.

  13. Jack as a noun (military):

    A coarse and cheap medieval coat of defense, especially one made of leather.

  14. Jack as a noun:

    A penny with a head on both sides, used for cheating.

  15. Jack as a noun (slang):

    Money.

  16. Jack as a noun (slang, Appalachians):

    A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.

  17. Jack as a noun:

    , related to the mango tree.

  18. Jack as a noun:

    The freshwater pike, or pickerel.

  19. Jack as a noun:

    A large California rockfish, the bocaccio, .

  20. Jack as a noun:

    Any of the marine fish in the family Carangidae.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: jack mackerel"

  21. Jack as a noun (obsolete, nautical):

    A sailor, a jacktar.

  22. Jack as a noun (obsolete):

    A pitcher or can of waxed leather, supposed to resemble a jackboot; a black-jack.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek John Dryden"

  23. Jack as a noun (UK, dialect, obsolete):

    A drinking measure holding half a pint or, sometimes, a quarter of a pint.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Halliwell"

  24. Jack as a noun (mining):

    A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine. A device to pull off boots. A sawhorse or sawbuck. A machine for turning a spit; a smokejack. A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting. A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles in a knitting machine. A grating to separate and guide the threads in a warping machine; a heck box. A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine. A compact, portable machine for planing metal. A machine for slicking or pebbling leather. A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed. A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught. In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; also called hopper. In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself. A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; also called jack crosstree.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek C. Hallock"

    "rfquotek R. H. Dana, Jr"

  25. Jack as a noun:

    A surface-mounted connector for electrical, especially telecommunications, equipment.

    Examples:

    "telephone jack"

  26. Jack as a noun:

    Female ended electrical connector (see Electrical connector)

    Examples:

    "synonyms: socket"

  27. Jack as a noun:

    Electrical connector in a fixed position (see Gender of connectors and fasteners)

  1. Jack as a verb (transitive):

    To use a jack.

    Examples:

    "He jacked the car up so that he could replace the brake pads."

  2. Jack as a verb (transitive):

    To raise or increase.

    Examples:

    "If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results."

  3. Jack as a verb:

    To produce by freeze distillation; to distil (an alcoholic beverage) by freezing it and removing the ice (which is water), leaving the alcohol (which remains liquid).

  4. Jack as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

    To steal something, typically an automobile. Shortened form of carjacking.

    Examples:

    "Someone jacked my car last night!"

  5. Jack as a verb (intransitive):

    To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.

  1. Jack as a noun (slang, baseball):

    A home run.

  1. Jack as a verb (transitive, slang, baseball):

    To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.

  1. Jack as a noun:

    A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.

  1. Jack as a noun:

    A jackfruit tree.

  1. Nothing as a pronoun:

    Not any thing; no thing.

  2. Nothing as a pronoun:

    An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.

  1. Nothing as a noun:

    Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.

    Examples:

    "- What happened to your face?<br>- It's nothing."

  2. Nothing as a noun:

    A trivial remark (especially in the term ).

  3. Nothing as a noun:

    A nobody (insignificant person).

    Examples:

    "You're nothing to me now!"

  1. Nothing as an adverb (archaic):

    Not at all; in no way.

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