different between recruit vs headhunt

English

Etymology

From French recruter (as a verb).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: r??kro?ot, IPA^(key): /???k?ut/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???k?u?t/

Noun

recruit (plural recruits)

1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
2. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
3. A hired worker

   These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews

4. (biology, ecology) A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population.

Translations

Verb

recruit (third-person singular simple present recruits, present participle recruiting, simple past and past participle recruited)

1. To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.

   We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products

2. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster

3. (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
   • 1726, George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, Phyllis Drinking

     Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their colour.
4. (biology, intransitive) To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population.
5. (biochemistry) To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.
6. (dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.

Translations

Anagrams

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English

Etymology

head +? hunt

Verb

headhunt (third-person singular simple present headhunts, present participle headhunting, simple past and past participle headhunted)

1. To cut off, and preserve, the heads of one's enemies
2. To actively recruit executive personnel
3. (baseball) To pitch at a batter's head.

   There's a brawl on the field because the pitcher has been headhunting throughout the game.

4. (ice hockey) To use one's hockey stick to strike an opponent's head.

Derived terms

• headhunter
• headhunting