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Beckon vs Heather - What's the difference?

beckon | heather |

As nouns the difference between beckon and heather

is that beckon is a sign made without words; a beck while heather is an evergreen plant, species: Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.

As a verb beckon

is to wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.

As an adjective heather is

of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.

As a proper noun Heather is

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beckon

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
  • * Dryden
  • His distant friends, he beckons near.
  • * Shakespeare
  • It beckons you to go away with it.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sign made without words; a beck.
  • * Bolingbroke
  • At the first beckon .

    heather

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) An evergreen plant, , with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
  • (botany) The Ericaceae family.
  • (botany) Various species of the genus Erica .
  • (botany) Various species of the genus Cassiope .
  • A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
  • Synonyms

    * (Calluna vulgaris) ling

    Derived terms

    * bell heather * heather grass * heather mixture

    See also

    (other terms of interest) * briar * ericaceous * hypericum * marsh andromeda * whortleberry * * (wikipedia "heather") * (Ericaceae) * (commonslite)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.
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