Acorn vs Filbert - What's the difference?
acorn | filbert |
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.
The hazelnut.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
The hazel tree.
A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.
As nouns the difference between acorn and filbert
is that acorn is the fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule while filbert is the hazelnut.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
*filbert
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Alternative forms
* filberdNoun
(en noun)- I'll bring thee / To clust'ring filberts , and sometimes I'll get thee / Young scamels from the rock.