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Year vs Rear - What's the difference?

year | rear |


As nouns the difference between year and rear

is that year is the time it takes the earth to complete one revolution of the sun (between 36524 and 36526 days depending on the point of reference) while rear is the back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.

As a verb rear is

to raise physically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate or rear can be to move; stir or rear can be to place in the rear; to secure the rear of.

As an adjective rear is

(of eggs) underdone; nearly raw or rear can be being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.

As an adverb rear is

(british|dialect) early; soon.

Year vs Yer - What's the difference?

year | yer |


As nouns the difference between year and yer

is that year is the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference) while yer is either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.

As a pronoun yer is

eye dialect of lang=en.

As an adverb yer is

eye dialect of yeah1|lang=en, yes.

As a contraction yer is

eye dialect of you're1|lang=en, you are.

Year vs Yaar - What's the difference?

year | yaar |


As nouns the difference between year and yaar

is that year is the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference) while yaar is a friend, pal, or buddy.

Year vs Yea - What's the difference?

year | yea |


As nouns the difference between year and yea

is that year is the time it takes the earth to complete one revolution of the sun (between 36524 and 36526 days depending on the point of reference) while yea is an affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken.

As an adverb yea is

(dated) yes.

As a conjunction yea is

(archaic) or even, or more like, nay introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.

As an interjection yea is

yeah, right, yes.

Year vs Gear - What's the difference?

year | gear |

Gear is a descendant of year.



As nouns the difference between year and gear

is that year is the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference) while gear is equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.

As a verb gear is

to provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

As an adjective gear is

(mostly British (Scouse)) great or fantastic.

Year vs Pear - What's the difference?

year | pear |


As nouns the difference between year and pear

is that year is the time it takes the earth to complete one revolution of the sun (between 36524 and 36526 days depending on the point of reference) while pear is an edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.

Year vs Fear - What's the difference?

year | fear |


As nouns the difference between year and fear

is that year is the time it takes the earth to complete one revolution of the sun (between 36524 and 36526 days depending on the point of reference) while fear is grass.

Year vs Near - What's the difference?

year | near |


As nouns the difference between year and near

is that year is the time it takes the earth to complete one revolution of the sun (between 36524 and 36526 days depending on the point of reference) while near is the left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.

As an adjective near is

physically close.

As an adverb near is

having a small intervening distance with regard to something.

As a preposition near is

close to, in close proximity to.

As a verb near is

to come closer to; to approach.

Year vs Wear - What's the difference?

year | wear |


As a noun year

is the time it takes the earth to complete one revolution of the sun (between 36524 and 36526 days depending on the point of reference).

As a proper noun wear is

a river in the county of tyne and wear in north east england the city of sunderland is found upon its banks.

Year vs Bear - What's the difference?

year | bear |


As a noun year

is the time it takes the earth to complete one revolution of the sun (between 36524 and 36526 days depending on the point of reference).

As a pronoun bear is

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