Acorn vs Aborn - What's the difference?
acorn | aborn |
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
(zoology) See acorn-shell .
(slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
born, begotten, created, developed
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As a noun acorn
is the fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.As an adjective aborn is
born, begotten, created, developed.As a verb aborn is
.acorn
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* acorn cup * acorn nut * acorn squash * eggcorn * ride a horse foaled by an acornHolonyms
* (fruit of an oak) oakSee also
* (wikipedia)Anagrams
*aborn
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Adjective
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citation, archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-09-14 , passage= ... or (B) explain it away as something caused by the circumstances of his birth: "Aye, we often see these moles on babes aborn on escape wessels under Romulan attack ... " }}