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Clover vs Closer - What's the difference?

clover | closer |

As a proper noun clover

is .

As an adjective closer is

(close).

As a noun closer is

someone or something that closes.

clover

English

(wikipedia clover) (Trifolium)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

    • Derived terms

    * clover weevil * clover worm * in clover * red clover * sweet clover * white clover

    Hyponyms

    * shamrock * trefoil

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    closer

    English

    Etymology 1

    From close (adjective) + -er

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (close)
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}

    Etymology 2

    From close (verb) + -er

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something that closes.
    • In our organization, the VP of Sales usually acts as the closer .
  • Someone or something that concludes.
    • The DJ chose a fantastic track as his closer at the end of the night.
  • The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
    • (Gwilt)
  • (baseball) A relief pitcher that specializes in getting the last three outs of the game. See
    • They brought their closer in for the ninth.

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