Boss vs. Master — What's the Difference?

A person who is in charge of a worker or organization

One who acts out the role of the dominating partner in a sadomasochistic relationship.

A stud on the centre of a shield.

The owner or keeper of an animal

A large mass of igneous rock protruding through other strata.

The owner of a slave.

A cow.

One who has control over or ownership of something

Give (someone) orders in a domineering manner

An employer.

Excellent; outstanding

The man who serves as the head of a household.

An employer or supervisor.

One who defeats another; a victor

One who makes decisions or exercises authority.

The captain of a merchant ship. Also called master mariner.

A professional politician who controls a party or a political machine.

One whose teachings or doctrines are accepted by followers.

A circular protuberance or knoblike swelling, as on the horns of certain animals.

Master(Christianity) Jesus.

A raised area used as ornamentation.

A male teacher, schoolmaster, or tutor.

(Architecture) A raised ornament, such as one at the intersection of the ribs in a vaulted roof.

One who holds a master's degree.

An enlarged part of a shaft to which another shaft is coupled or to which a wheel or gear is keyed.

An artist or performer of great and exemplary skill.

A hub, especially of a propeller.

An old master.

A cow or calf.

A worker qualified to teach apprentices and carry on the craft independently.

To give orders to, especially in an arrogant or domineering manner

An expert

To emboss.

Used formerly as a title for a man holding a naval office ranking next below a lieutenant on a warship.

First-rate; topnotch.

Used as a title for a man who serves as the head or presiding officer of certain societies, clubs, orders, or institutions.

A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.

Master Used as a title for any of various male officers having specified duties concerning the management of the British royal household.

A person in charge of a business or company.

Master Used as a courtesy title before the given or full name of a boy not considered old enough to be addressed as Mister.

A leader, the head of an organized group or team.

(Archaic) Used as a form of address for a man; mister.

The head of a political party in a given region or district.

One who is appointed to assist a court in the performance of certain legal functions, such as the taking of testimony and calculating damages in complex litigation. Also called special master.

A term of address to a man.

Master A man who owns a pack of hounds or is the chief officer of a hunt.

(video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.

An original, such as an original document or audio recording, from which copies can be made.

(humorous) Wife.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a master.

A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.

Principal or predominant

(geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.

Controlling all other parts of a mechanism

A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.

Highly skilled or proficient

(mechanics) A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.

Being an original from which copies are made.

(architectural element) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.

To become very skilled in or knowledgeable about

(archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.

To overcome or defeat

A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.

To produce a master copy of (an audio or video recording, for example).

A head or reservoir of water.

Someone who has control over something or someone.

(obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.

The owner of an animal or slave.

(transitive) To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.

(nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.

(transitive) To decorate with bosses; to emboss.

(dated) The head of a household.

Of excellent quality, first-rate.

Someone who employs others.

Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

An expert at something.

A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.

A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.

A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.

(dated) A schoolmaster.

A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.

A skilled artist.

The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.

(dated) A man or a boy; mister. See Master.

A head or reservoir of water.

A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.

A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.

A person holding such a degree.

To ornament with bosses; to stud.

The original of a document or of a recording.

A person who exercises control over workers;

(film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.

A person responsible for hiring workers;

(legal) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.

A person who exercises control and makes decisions;

A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.

A leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments;

(freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.

A circular rounded projection or protuberance

(by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.

Raise in a relief;

(BDSM) A male dominant.

Exceptionally good;

A vessel having a specified number of masts.

Masterful.

Main, principal or predominant.

Highly skilled.

Original.

(intransitive) To be a master.highly ambiguous, master in what sense?

(transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.

(transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.

To own; to possess.

To make a master copy of.

To earn a Master's degree.

A vessel having (so many) masts; - used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; - formerly used with much more extensive application than now.

One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time.

One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.

A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mĭster, except when given to boys; - sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.

A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.

The commander of a merchant vessel; - usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.

A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies.

To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.

To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science.

To own; to posses.

To be skillful; to excel.

An artist of consummate skill;

A person who has general authority over others

A combatant who is able to defeat rivals

Directs the work of other

Presiding officer of a school

An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

Someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution

An authority qualified to teach apprentices

Key that secures entrance everywhere

Be or become completely proficient or skilled in;

Get on top of; deal with successfully;

Have dominance or the power to defeat over;

Have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of;