Marrow vs Cabbage - What's the difference?
marrow | cabbage |
(lb) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
(lb) A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
*1847 , Sir (Robert Hermann Schomburgk), "Steam-Boat Voyage to Barbados", Bentley's Miscellany , Vol XXII, London: Richard Bentley, p.37:
*:The finest European vegetables, cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, vegetable marrow , were lying in the market-hall, awaiting purchasers.
The essence; the best part.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:It takes from our achievements/ The pith and marrow of our attribute.
*(Thomas Tusser) (1524-1580)
*:Chopping and changing I cannot commend, / With thief or his marrow , for fear of ill end.
(Geordie, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.
(Scotland) One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.
An edible plant ( ) having a head of green leaves.
(uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
(countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
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(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.
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.
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As nouns the difference between marrow and cabbage
is that marrow is (lb) the substance inside bones which produces blood cells or marrow can be (geordie|informal) a friend, pal, buddy, mate while cabbage is an edible plant ( ) having a head of green leaves.As a verb cabbage is
to form a head like that of the cabbage.marrow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) mary, marow, marowe, , Icelandic (m), and also Russian ("brain").Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* bone marrow * marrowboneEtymology 2
From (etyl) margr.Alternative forms
* marraNoun
(en noun)- Cheers marrow !
References
* * *cabbage
English
(wikipedia cabbage)Noun
- Cabbage is good for you.
- After the car crash, he became a cabbage .
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) vegetableVerb
(cabbag)- Your tailorcabbages whole yards of cloth.
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.}}