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Cad vs Cade - What's the difference?

cad | cade |

As nouns the difference between cad and cade

is that cad is a person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards while cade is a prickly, bushy Mediterranean juniper, species: Juniperus oxycedrus, whose wood yields a tar.

As an initialism CAD

is initialism of w:Computer Aided Detection|Computer Aided Drafting|lang=en.

As an abbreviation CAD

is canadian dollar.

As a proper noun Cade is

{{surname|A=An|English metonymic occupational|from=occupations}} for a cooper.

As an adjective cade is

abandoned by its mother and reared by hand.

As a verb cade is

to bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.

cad

Translingual

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)

    • Usage notes

    This is the currency code used in the standard. ----

    cade

    English

    Alternative forms

    * rare: Caide, Kade, Kayde

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • for a cooper.
  • * ,Scene IV:
    • Jack Cade hath gotten London bridge; / The citizens fly and forsake their houses; / The rascal people, thirsting after prey, / Join with the traitor;
  • transferred from the surname.
  • * 1936 , Gone With the Wind , Read Books 2008, ISBN 1443719587, page 26:
    • They're fine lads, but if it's Cade Calvert you're setting your cap after, why, 'tis the same with me.

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