Chief vs. Main

Chiefnoun

A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.

Chiefnoun

(heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon.

Chiefnoun

An informal address to an equal.

Chiefadjective

Primary; principal.

Chiefverb

To smoke cannabis.

Chiefnoun

The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the principal actor or agent.

Chiefnoun

The principal part; the most valuable portion.

Chiefnoun

The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs.

Chiefadjective

Highest in office or rank; principal; head.

Chiefadjective

Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man.

Chiefadjective

Very intimate, near, or close.

Chiefnoun

a person who is in charge;

Chiefnoun

a person who exercises control over workers;

Chiefadjective

most important element;

Chiefnoun

a leader or ruler of a people or clan

Chiefnoun

the head of an organization

Chiefnoun

an informal form of address to a man, especially one of superior rank or status

Chiefnoun

an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across the top of the shield.

Chiefnoun

the upper third of the field.

Chiefadjective

most important

Chiefadjective

having or denoting the highest rank

Mainadjective

Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.

Mainadjective

Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.

Mainadjective

Full, sheer, undivided.

Mainadjective

(dialectal) Big; angry.

Mainadjective

(nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.

Mainadjective

(obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.

Mainadverb

Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.

Mainverb

(transitive) lang=en

Mainverb

To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.

Mainverb

(obsolete) Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road.

Mainnoun

That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.

Mainnoun

(video gaming) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.

Mainnoun

A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.

Mainnoun

(informal) lang=en

Mainnoun

The high seas.

Mainnoun

The mainland.

Mainnoun

(nautical) lang=en

Mainnoun

Force, power, strength, violent effort.

Mainnoun

A hand or match in a game of dice.

Mainnoun

The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.

Mainnoun

A stake played for at dice.

Mainnoun

A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.

Mainnoun

A banker's shovel for coins.

Mainnoun

A basket for gathering grapes.

Mainnoun

A hand or match at dice.

Mainnoun

A stake played for at dice.

Mainnoun

The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.

Mainnoun

A match at cockfighting.

Mainnoun

A main-hamper.

Mainnoun

Strength; force; might; violent effort.

Mainnoun

The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.

Mainnoun

The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.

Mainadjective

Very or extremely strong.

Mainadjective

Vast; huge.

Mainadjective

Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.

Mainadjective

Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.; as, the main reason to go; the main proponent.

Mainadjective

Important; necessary.

Mainadverb

Very; extremely; as, main heavy.

Mainnoun

any very large body of (salt) water

Mainnoun

a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

Mainadjective

most important element;

Mainadjective

of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;

Mainadjective

of force; of the greatest possible intensity;