rank vs rate

rank

verb
  • To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify. 

  • To have a ranking. 

  • To place abreast, or in a line. 

  • To take rank of; to outrank. 

adj
  • Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross. 

  • Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence). 

  • Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome. 

  • Having a very strong and bad taste or odor. 

  • Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile. 

  • Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric. 

  • Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things). 

  • Gross, disgusting. 

noun
  • A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military. 

  • One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). 

  • The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix. 

  • The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D). 

  • The size of any basis of a given matroid. 

  • One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality. 

  • The level of one's position in a class-based society. 

  • The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor. 

  • In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal. 

  • A level in a scientific taxonomy system. 

  • A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation. 

  • A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers. 

rate

verb
  • To have position (in a certain class). 

  • To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time. 

  • To berate, scold. 

  • To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level. 

  • To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation. 

  • To evaluate or estimate the value of. 

  • To deserve; to be worth. 

  • To have value or standing. 

  • To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device. 

  • To consider or regard. 

  • To like; to think highly of. 

  • To ratify. 

noun
  • A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank. 

  • The price of (an individual) thing; cost. 

  • The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time. 

  • The relative speed of change or progress. 

  • The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another. 

  • A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc. 

  • A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time. 

  • Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority. 

  • Speed. 

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