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big cheese vs knocker

knocker vs big cheese

big cheese and knocker both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
big cheese Yes No No No
knocker Yes No No No
As nouns, knocker is a hyponym of big cheese; that is, knocker is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than big cheese:
  • big cheese: an important influential person
  • knocker: (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
Other hyponyms of big cheese include supremo.
big cheese (noun) knocker (noun)
an important influential person a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
(Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
Difference between big cheese and knocker

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