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Brawn vs Ham - What's the difference?

brawn | ham |

As nouns the difference between brawn and ham

is that brawn is strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb while ham is the region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

As verbs the difference between brawn and ham

is that brawn is make fat, especially of a boar while ham is to overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.

As a proper noun Ham is

a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.

As an initialism HAM is

his Apostolic Majesty, the title given to a number of historical kings of Hungary.

brawn

English

Noun

(-)
  • Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
  • Physical strength; muscularity.
  • * 2000 , Stephanie Laurens, A Secret Love , Avon Books (2000), ISBN 0380805707, page 349:
    • The man was a bruiser, the sort who'd learned his science in tavern brawls. Given his size and lack of agility, he relied on his brawn to win. In any wrestling match, Crowley would triumph easily.
  • * 2008 , Michael Mandaville, Stealing Thunder , Dog Ear Publishing (2008), ISBN 9781598585353, page 562:
    • The two men were husky, picked for their brawn by the little man who sauntered into the room.
  • * 2010 , Martin Pasko & Robert Greenberger, The Essential Superman Encyclopedia , Del Ray (2010), ISBN 9780345501080, page 218:
    • The youth agreed to the scheme and used his brawn to begin moving pieces into place, starting by moving the planet Rann into the Thanagarian star system
  • (chiefly, British) head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.

    • See also

    * aspic

    Derived terms

    * brawny

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Make fat, especially of a boar.
  • Become fat, especially of a boar.

    • Derived terms

    * brawner

    ham

    English

    (wikipedia ham)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) hamme, from (etyl) . Compare gammon.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
  • (countable) A thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat.
  • (uncountable) Meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food.
    • a little piece of ham for the cat
  • * (rfdate), Audra Lilly Griffeth, A King's Daughter (ISBN 146915532X):
    • She put some ham in the beans and cut up some sweet potatoes to boil.
  • The back of the thigh.
  • (internet, informal) Electronic mail that is wanted; mail that is not spam or junk mail.
    • Derived terms
    * ham-fisted * hambone * hammy, hamstring

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)

    • Usage notes

    * Persists in many old place names, such as (Buckingham).

    References

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    Etymology 3

    Shortened from , said to derive from the 1863 minstrel show song The Ham-fat Man . "ham", Online Etymology Dictionary

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.
  • An amateur radio operator.
    • Related terms
    * ham radio
    Synonyms
    * radio amateur (amateur radio operator)

    Verb

  • To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.
    • Related terms
    * ham it up

    Anagrams

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    References

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