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Bowtie vs Bowie - What's the difference?

bowtie | bowie |

As nouns the difference between bowtie and bowie

is that bowtie is a man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat while bowie is a bowie knife.

As an adjective bowtie

is having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.

bowtie

English

Alternative forms

* bow tie

Noun

(en noun)
  • A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.
  • (US) A kind of road intersection. See .

    • External links

    * ("bowtie" on Wikipedia)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.
    • The corkscrew pasta holds the cheese sauce better, but all I had in the cupboard was bowtie pasta.

    bowie

    Translingual

    Proper noun

    (mul-proper noun)
  • A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist James Bowie (1789-1869).

    • External links

    * Author query of the International Plant Names Index ----