Valve vs Calve - What's the difference?
valve | calve |
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
(anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.
(British) A vacuum tube.
(botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
(botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
(biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
(biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
To control (flow) by means of a valve.
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To give birth to a calf.
To assist the giving of birth of a calf.
To break off or shed a large piece.
In lang=en terms the difference between valve and calve
is that valve is to control (flow) by means of a valve while calve is to assist the giving of birth of a calf.As verbs the difference between valve and calve
is that valve is to control (flow) by means of a valve while calve is to give birth to a calf.As a noun valve
is a device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.valve
English
(wikipedia valve)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* exhaust valve * heart valve * vein valve * ileocecal valve * intake valve * non-return valve: see: non-return * safety valve * toggle valve * valved * valveless * valve oil * valvoplastyVerb
(valv)calve
English
Verb
(calv)- The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.
- The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.
