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Oakum vs Akum - What's the difference?

oakum | akum |

As nouns the difference between oakum and akum

is that oakum is a material, consisting of tarred fibres, used to caulk or pack joints in plumbing, masonry, and wooden shipbuilding while akum is a gentile; a non-jewish person.

oakum

English

Noun

(-)
  • A material, consisting of tarred fibres, used to caulk or pack joints in plumbing, masonry, and wooden shipbuilding.
  • The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in hackling.
    • (Knight)

    akum

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A Gentile; a non-Jewish person.