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Cleaver vs Clearer - What's the difference?

cleaver | clearer |

As nouns the difference between cleaver and clearer

is that cleaver is cleaver while clearer is someone who or something which clears.

As an adjective clearer is

(clear).

cleaver

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones etc
  • * 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
  • When he came to Nottingham, he entered that part of the market where butchers stood, and took up his inn in the best place he could find. Next, he opened his stall and spread his meat upon the bench, then, taking his cleaver and steel and clattering them together, he trolled aloud in merry tones:...

    clearer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who or something which clears.
  • * Addison
  • Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding.
  • A tool by which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.
  • Adjective

    (head)
  • (clear)