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Cleaver vs Leaver - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between cleaver and leaver

is that cleaver is a squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones etc while leaver is one who leaves.

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:...

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    leaver

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who leaves.
  • :He's a leaver , not a stayer: he'll never be happy tied down in one place.

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