Acorn vs Despair - What's the difference?
acorn | despair |
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.
(obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
* Milton
(obsolete) To cause to despair.
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
* Bible, 2 Corinthians i. 8
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
That which is despaired of.
As nouns the difference between acorn and despair
is that acorn is the fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule while despair is loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.As a verb despair is
(obsolete) to give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.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
*despair
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Verb
(en verb)- I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
- We despaired even of life.
Noun
- He turned around in despair , aware that he was not going to survive