Boot vs. Plunder — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Boot and Plunder
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Boot
A boot, plural boots, is a type of specific footwear. Most boots mainly cover the foot and the ankle, while some also cover some part of the lower calf.
Plunder
To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage
Plunder a village.
Boot
A sturdy item of footwear covering the foot and ankle, and sometimes also the lower leg
A pair of walking boots
Plunder
To seize wrongfully or by force; steal
Plundered the supplies.
Boot
A hard kick
He got a boot in the stomach
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Plunder
To take booty; rob.
Boot
An enclosed space at the back of a car for carrying luggage or other goods.
Plunder
The act or practice of plundering.
Boot
The process of starting a computer and putting it into a state of readiness for operation
A boot disk
Plunder
Property stolen by fraud or force; booty.
Boot
As well; in addition
He is a likeable guy, and funny to boot
Images that are precise, revealing, and often beautiful to boot
Plunder
(transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
The mercenaries plundered the small town.
The shopkeeper was plundered of his possessions by the burglar.
Boot
Kick (something) hard in a specified direction
He ended up booting the ball into the stand
Plunder
(transitive) To take (goods) by pillage.
The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found.
Boot
Start (a computer) and put it into a state of readiness for operation
The menu will be ready as soon as you boot up your computer
The system won't boot from the original drive
Plunder
(intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
“Now to plunder, mateys!” screamed a buccaneer, to cries of “Arrgh!” and “Aye!” all around.
Boot
Place a wheel clamp on (an illegally parked car)
Once a car is booted, the owner must pay all fines plus a fee to have the boot removed
Plunder
(transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.
Boot
A durable covering for the foot and part or much of the leg, usually made of leather, fabric, plastic, or rubber.
Plunder
(transitive) To take unexpectedly.
Boot
A protective covering, especially a sheath to enclose the base of a floor-mounted gear shift lever in a car or truck.
Plunder
An instance of plundering.
Boot
Chiefly British An automobile trunk.
Plunder
The loot attained by plundering.
The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.
Boot
A kick.
Plunder
Baggage; luggage.
Boot
(Slang) An unceremonious dismissal, as from a job. Used with the.
Plunder
To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.
Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God.
Boot
(Slang) A swift, pleasurable feeling; a thrill.
Plunder
To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.
Boot
A Denver boot.
Plunder
The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage.
Inroads and plunders of the Saracens.
Boot
A marine or navy recruit in basic training.
Plunder
That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud.
Boot
(Computers) The process of starting or restarting a computer.
Plunder
Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage.
Boot
Boots An instrument of torture, used to crush the foot and leg.
Plunder
Goods or money obtained illegally
Boot
Chiefly Southern & Midland US See lagniappe.
Plunder
Take illegally; of intellectual property;
This writer plundered from famous authors
Boot
(Archaic) Advantage; avail.
Plunder
Plunder (a town) after capture;
The barbarians sacked Rome
Boot
To put boots on.
Plunder
Steal goods; take as spoils;
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
Boot
To kick
Booted the ball into the goal.
Plunder
Destroy and strip of its possession;
The soldiers raped the beautiful country
Boot
(Slang) To discharge unceremoniously.
Boot
(Computers) To start (a computer) by loading an operating system from a disk.
Boot
To disable (a vehicle) by attaching a Denver boot.
Boot
(Baseball) To misplay (a ground ball).
Boot
To be of help or advantage; avail.
Boot
A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
Boot
(sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
Boot
A blow with the foot; a kick.
Boot
(construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
Boot
(usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
Boot
(US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
Boot
(aviation) A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
Boot
(obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
Boot
(archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
Boot
A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
Boot
The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
Boot
The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
He was useless so he got the boot.
Boot
An unattractive person, ugly woman.
Old boot
Boot
A black person.
Boot
(firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
Boot
(baseball) A bobbled ball.
Boot
(botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
Boot
(slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
Boot
A tyre.
Boot
(US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
Boot
Remedy, amends.
Boot
(uncountable) Profit, plunder.
Boot
That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
Boot
(obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
Boot
(obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
Boot
(obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy.
Boot
(computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed.
Boot
(informal) A bootleg recording.
Boot
To kick.
I booted the ball toward my teammate.
Boot
To put boots on, especially for riding.
Boot
To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
The storm is coming fast! Boot it!
We had to boot it all the way there to get to our flight on time.
Boot
To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
Boot
(informal) To eject; kick out.
We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible.
The senator was booted from the committee for unethical behavior.
Boot
(often with up) To start or restart a computer or other electronic system; to bootstrap.
Boot up the system before 8 a.m. on weekdays.
Boot
To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
Boot
(slang) To vomit.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.
Boot
To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
Boot
To avail, benefit, profit.
Boot
To benefit, to enrich; to give in addition.
Boot
(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
When arriving at the office, the first thing I do is boot my machine.
Boot
Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
He gaf the sike man his boote.
Thou art boot for many a bruiseAnd healest many a wound.
Next her Son, our soul's best boot.
Boot
That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one.
Boot
Profit; gain; advantage; use.
Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot.
Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot.
A man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes to drunkenness, for when he arrives thither he hath but changed his heaviness, and taken a crime to boot.
Boot
A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
Boot
An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and the leg.
Boot
A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
Boot
A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
Boot
An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
Boot
The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
Boot
Booty; spoil.
Boot
To profit; to advantage; to avail; - generally followed by it; as, what boots it?
What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them?
What subduedTo change like this a mind so far imbuedWith scorn of man, it little boots to know.
What boots to us your victories?
Boot
To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
And I will boot thee with what gift besideThy modesty can beg.
Boot
To put boots on, esp. for riding.
Coated and booted for it.
Boot
To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
Boot
To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
Boot
Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
Boot
British term for the luggage compartment in a car
Boot
The swift release of a store of affective force;
They got a great bang out of it
What a boot!
He got a quick rush from injecting heroin
He does it for kicks
Boot
Protective casing for something that resembles a leg
Boot
An instrument of torture that is used to crush the foot and leg
Boot
The act of delivering a blow with the foot;
He gave the ball a powerful kick
The team's kicking was excellent
Boot
Kick; give a boot to
Boot
Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes;
Boot your computer
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