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Chive vs Clive - What's the difference?

chive | clive |

As nouns the difference between chive and clive

is that chive is a perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion while clive is burdock or agrimony.

As a proper noun Clive is

{{surname|topographic|from=Old English}} - someone who lived near a cliff ( Old English clif).

As a verb clive is

to climb; ascend.

chive

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum , related to the onion.
  • (in plural chives ) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.

    • See also

    * (Allium schoenoprasum) * (Allium schoenoprasum) * (chives) * * (Chinese chives) * scallion * shallot * spring onion

    External links

    * (Chives)

    References

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    clive

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • - someone who lived near a cliff ( (etyl) clif ).
  • derived from the surname. Popular in Britain in mid-twentieth century.
  • * 1949 (Mazo de la Roche), Mary Wakefield , Dundurn Press (2009), ISBN 1550028774, page 132:
    • "I suppose you," she said, "were named for General Clive ." "I was. And my father was named for General Brock."
  • A village in Alberta.
  • A city in Iowa.
  • A town in New Zealand.
  • A village in Shropshire, England.