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Cabbage vs Aardvark - What's the difference?

cabbage | aardvark |

As nouns the difference between cabbage and aardvark

is that cabbage is an edible plant ( ) having a head of green leaves while aardvark is the nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal.

As a verb cabbage

is to form a head like that of the cabbage.

cabbage

English

(wikipedia cabbage)

Noun

  • An edible plant ( ) having a head of green leaves.
  • (uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
    • Cabbage is good for you.
  • (countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
    • After the car crash, he became a cabbage .
  • * {{quote-book, title=, page=31,
    • by= ("Vishniovy sad"), passage=If you deceive me, Yasha, I don't know if my nerves could stand it. YASHA (kissing her) My little cabbage ! Of course, a girl must know her place.}}
  • (uncountable, slang) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
  • (uncountable, slang) Money.
  • (uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
  • The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
  • The cabbage palmetto.

    • Synonyms

    * (plant) cabbage plant, cole * (leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable) cole, greens * (person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage) vegetable

    Verb

    (cabbag)
  • To form a head like that of the cabbage.
  • To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • Your tailorcabbages whole yards of cloth.
  • * , chapter=8
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}

    Synonyms

    * (purloin) embezzle, pilfer, purloin, steal

    See also

    * brassica * broccoflower * broccoli * broccolini * Brussels sprouts * cabbage tree * cauliflower * Chinese cabbage * Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale * collard greens * kale * kohlrabi * sauerkraut * red cabbage

    aardvark

    English

    (wikipedia aardvark) (Orycteropus afer)

    Alternative forms

    * aard-vark, erdvark

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal
    • The aardvark burrows in the ground and feeds mostly on termites, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.
  • A silly or credulous person who is prone to mistakes or blunders.
    • I walked into the wrong bathroom like a total aardvark .

    Synonyms

    * (mammal) African anteater, antbear, ant bear or ant-bear, anteater, earth pig