sprue

As nouns the difference between feed and sprue

is that feed is (uncountable) food given to (especially herbivorous) animals while sprue is (medicine) a tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis or sprue can be (founding) the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.

As a verb feed

is to give (someone or something) food to eat, nurture or feed can be (fee).

As nouns the difference between mold and sprue

is that mold is a hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance or mold can be a natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air or mold can be loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting while sprue is (medicine) a tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis or sprue can be (founding) the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.

As a verb mold

is to shape in or on a mold or mold can be to cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon or mold can be to cover with mold or soil.

As nouns the difference between gate and sprue

is that gate is (senseid)a doorlike structure outside a house or gate can be a way, path while sprue is (medicine) a tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis or sprue can be (founding) the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.

As a verb gate

is to keep something inside by means of a closed gate.

As nouns the difference between metal and sprue

is that metal is any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity while sprue is (medicine) a tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis or sprue can be (founding) the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.

As a adjective metal

is (music) characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.

As a verb metal

is to make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

As nouns the difference between psilosis and sprue

is that psilosis is the sound change by which greek lost the consonant sound /h/ during antiquity while sprue is (medicine) a tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis or sprue can be (founding) the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.

As nouns the difference between disease and sprue

is that disease is (pathology) an abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired while sprue is (medicine) a tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis or sprue can be (founding) the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.

As a verb disease

is (obsolete) to cause unease; to annoy, irritate.