Auger vs Augur - What's the difference?
auger | augur |
A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
* 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 231
A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
* Dryden
(Ancient Rome) An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.
To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events.
To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue.
As nouns the difference between auger and augur
is that auger is a carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet while augur is a diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.As verbs the difference between auger and augur
is that auger is to use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger while augur is to foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events.auger
English
(wikipedia auger)Alternative forms
* augreNoun
(en noun)- Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger .
Anagrams
* * English nouns which have interacted with their indefinite article ----augur
English
(wikipedia augur)Noun
(en noun)- Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found / Without a priestly curse or boding sound.
Verb
- to augur well or ill