The difference between Miss and Sir
When used as nouns, miss means a failure to hit, whereas sir means a man of a higher rank or position.
When used as verbs, miss means to fail to hit, whereas sir means to address (someone) using "sir".
check bellow for the other definitions of Miss and Sir
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Miss as a verb (ambitransitive):
To fail to hit.
Examples:
"I missed the target."
"I tried to kick the ball, but missed."
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Miss as a verb (transitive):
To fail to achieve or attain.
Examples:
"to miss an opportunity"
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Miss as a verb (transitive):
To feel the absence of someone or something, sometimes with regret.
Examples:
"I miss you! Come home soon!"
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Miss as a verb (transitive):
To fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception.
Examples:
"miss the joke"
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Miss as a verb (transitive):
To fail to attend.
Examples:
"Joe missed the meeting this morning."
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Miss as a verb (transitive):
To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
Examples:
"I missed the plane!"
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Miss as a verb (only in present tense):
To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
Examples:
"The car is missing essential features."
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Miss as a verb (poker, said of a card):
To fail to help the hand of a player.
Examples:
"Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!"
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Miss as a verb (sports):
To fail to score (a goal).
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Miss as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To go wrong; to err.
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Miss as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
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Miss as a noun:
A failure to hit.
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Miss as a noun:
A failure to obtain or accomplish.
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Miss as a noun:
An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).
Examples:
"I think I’ll give the meeting a miss."
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Miss as a noun (computing):
The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
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Miss as a noun:
A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
Examples:
"You may sit here, miss."
"You may sit here, Miss Jones."
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Miss as a noun:
An unmarried woman; a girl.
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Miss as a noun:
A kept woman; a mistress.
Examples:
"rfquotek Evelyn"
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Miss as a noun (card games):
In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
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Sir as a noun:
A man of a higher rank or position.
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Sir as a noun:
to a knight or other low member of the peerage. to a superior military officer. to a teacher.
Examples:
"Just be careful. He gets whingy now if you don't address him as Sir John."
"'Sir, yes sir."
"Here's my report, sir."
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Sir as a noun:
Examples:
"Excuse me, sir, do you know the way to the art museum?"
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Sir as a noun (colloquial):
yes or no.
Examples:
"Sir, yes sir."
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Sir as a verb:
To address (someone) using "sir".
Examples:
"Sir, yes, sir!<br>Don't you sir me, private! I work for a living!"