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clew

Flew vs Clew - What's the difference?

flew | clew |


As verbs the difference between flew and clew

is that flew is simple past of fly while clew is to roll into a ball.

As a noun clew is

a roughly spherical mass or body.

Blew vs Clew - What's the difference?

blew | clew |


As verbs the difference between blew and clew

is that blew is (blow) while clew is to roll into a ball.

As nouns the difference between blew and clew

is that blew is while clew is (obsolete) a roughly spherical mass or body.

Crew vs Clew - What's the difference?

crew | clew |


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between crew and clew

is that crew is (obsolete) any company of people; an assemblage; a throng while clew is (obsolete) a roughly spherical mass or body.

In nautical|lang=en terms the difference between crew and clew

is that crew is (nautical) to take on, recruit (new) crew while clew is (nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail).

As nouns the difference between crew and clew

is that crew is a group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, or airplane or crew can be (british|dialectal) a pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs or crew can be the manx shearwater while clew is (obsolete) a roughly spherical mass or body.

As verbs the difference between crew and clew

is that crew is to be a member of a vessel's crew or crew can be (british) (crow) to have made the characteristic sound of a rooster while clew is to roll into a ball.

Clew vs Inhaul - What's the difference?

clew | inhaul |


In nautical|lang=en terms the difference between clew and inhaul

is that clew is (nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail) while inhaul is (nautical) a rope used to haul in the clew of a sail, or a jib boom.

As nouns the difference between clew and inhaul

is that clew is (obsolete) a roughly spherical mass or body while inhaul is (nautical) a rope used to haul in the clew of a sail, or a jib boom.

As a verb clew

is to roll into a ball.

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