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Asher vs Rasher - What's the difference?

asher | rasher |

As nouns the difference between asher and rasher

is that asher is amadou, touchwood, tinder or asher can be hard part (on the back side of a horse hoof) while rasher is a strip of bacon.

As an adjective rasher is

(rash).

asher

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (biblical) Eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
  • (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Asher.

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    * 1611 , 35:22b-26 *: Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher : these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. * 1611 , 21:30 *: And out of the tribe of Asher , Mishal with her suburbs Abdon ith her suburbs,

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    rasher

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (rash)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strip of bacon.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1892 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , title=The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , chapter=The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb citation , genre= , publisher=Wikisource , isbn= , page= , passage=He received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers and eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal. }}
  • * 1913 , D.H. Lawrence,
    • He toasted his bacon on a fork and caught the drops of fat on his bread; then he put the rasher on his thick slice of bread, and cut off chunks with a clasp-knife, poured his tea into his saucer, and was happy.

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