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Corvette vs Cucumber - What's the difference?

corvette | cucumber |

As a proper noun corvette

is a sports car, manufactured by from 1953 to present, an american icon.

As a noun cucumber is

a vine in the gourd family, cucumis sativus .

corvette

English

(wikipedia corvette)

Alternative forms

* (l) (rare)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
  • (nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.

    • cucumber

    English

    (wikipedia cucumber)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus .
  • The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

    • Synonyms

    * cuke (informal)

    Derived terms

    * Armenian cucumber () * cool as a cucumber * exploding cucumber * squirting cucumber

    Related terms

    * (l) (cucumber-shaped)

    See also

    * courgette * gherkin * marrow * pickle * squash * zucchini