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Honewort vs Hone - What's the difference?

honewort | hone | Derived terms |

Honewort is a derived term of hone.


As nouns the difference between honewort and hone

is that honewort is either of two plants of the family umbelliferae while hone is a sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool or hone can be a kind of swelling in the cheek.

As a verb hone is

to sharpen with a hone .

honewort

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Either of two plants of the family Umbelliferae
  • # A perennial plant, Cryptotaenia canadensis , sometimes cultivated as a vegetable
  • # A small European plant, Trinia glauca , once thought to be a remedy for swellings
  • hone

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
  • A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
  • Derived terms
    * hone slate * hone stone

    Verb

  • To sharpen with a hone .
  • To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
  • To refine or master (a skill).
  • To make more acute, intense, or effective.
  • To pine; to lament; to long.
  • (Lamb)

    See also

    * grit * sandpaper * steel * strop * swarf

    Etymology 2

    Compare Icelandic word for "a knob".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of swelling in the cheek.
  • Derived terms
    * honewort ----