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Here are two headlines expressing the same idea:
1) Who is Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney fired by Trump?
2) Who is Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney canned by Trump?
One uses "fired" and the other "canned" (can here means to dismiss from one's job. Are they rhetorically different? "Fired" sounds a bit more formal than "canned". I am not sure.
(Source: 1) is from CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/geoffrey-berman-trump-appointee-us-attorney-william-barr/
1) Who is Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney fired by Trump?
2) Who is Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney canned by Trump?
One uses "fired" and the other "canned" (can here means to dismiss from one's job. Are they rhetorically different? "Fired" sounds a bit more formal than "canned". I am not sure.
(Source: 1) is from CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/geoffrey-berman-trump-appointee-us-attorney-william-barr/