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Bowl vs Intestine - What's the difference?

bowl | intestine |

As nouns the difference between bowl and intestine

is that bowl is a roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items while intestine is the alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.

As a verb bowl

is to roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.

As an adjective intestine is

domestic; taking place within a given country or region.

bowl

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
  • As much as is held by a bowl.
  • A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
  • A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
  • The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
  • a part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking
  • * 2010 , Mark Arax, West of the West , page 221
    • “Purple smoke is no joke. Especially when it is real purple. The smell, taste, and high is easily one of the best in the world. One bowl of some purple Kush, and I'm done for a couple of hours.
    Let's smoke a bowl!
  • (label) An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
  • (label) a postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
    • Synonyms
    * (as much as is held by a bowl) bowlful * (haircut) bowl cut, pudding bowl * (crater) crater, hollow
    Derived terms
    {{der3, bowl cut, bowl-cut , bowl game , dustbowl , fruit bowl , mixing bowl , pudding bowl , salad bowl , singing bowl , soup bowl , toilet bowl}}

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
  • The action of bowling a ball.
  • The game of bowls.
    • Synonyms
    * (bowls) lawn bowls, lawn bowling

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, / And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven.
  • (label) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
  • To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
  • To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, / And bowled to death with turnips.
    Derived terms
    {{der3, bowl along , bowler , bowling , bowling alley , bowling ball , bowl out , bowl over}}

    Anagrams

    * blow 1000 English basic words

    intestine

    English

    (wikipedia intestine)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , as Etymology 2, below.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
  • One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.
    • Synonyms
    * bowel * gut * tharm
    Derived terms
    * intestinal * gastrointestinal * large intestine * small intestine
    See also
    * entrail * innard * colon

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Domestic; taking place within a given country or region.
  • * 1615 , Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia , Richmond 1957, p.2:
    • It being true that now after fiue yeeres intestine warre with the reuengefull implacable Indians, a firme peace (not againe easily to be broken) hath bin lately concluded.
  • * 1776 , (Edward Gibbon), The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , ch.1,
    • Yet the success of Trajan, however transient, was rapid and specious. The degenerate Parthians, broken by intestine discord, fled before his arms.
  • (obsolete) Internal.
  • * , I.41:
    • When you have alleaged all the reasons you can, and beleeved all to disavow and reject her, she produceth, contrarie to your discourses, so intestine inclination, that you have small hold against her.
  • * Milton
    • Hoping here to end / Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.
  • * Hume
    • an intestine strugglebetween authority and liberty
  • (obsolete, rare) Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
  • * Cudworth
    • Everything labours under an intestine necessity.
  • (obsolete, rare) Shut up; enclosed.
    • (Cowper)