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Cucumber vs Lamp - What's the difference?

cucumber | lamp |

As nouns the difference between cucumber and lamp

is that cucumber is a vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus while lamp is a device that generates heat, light or other radiation.

As a verb lamp is

to hit, clout, belt, wallop.

As an acronym LAMP is

linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP — a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server.

cucumber

English

(wikipedia cucumber)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus .
  • The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

    • Synonyms

    * cuke (informal)

    Derived terms

    * Armenian cucumber () * cool as a cucumber * exploding cucumber * squirting cucumber

    Related terms

    * (l) (cucumber-shaped)

    See also

    * courgette * gherkin * marrow * pickle * squash * zucchini

    lamp

    English

    (wikipedia lamp)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device that generates heat, light or other radiation.
  • A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
  • A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

    • Derived terms

    * Davy lamp * table lamp

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) to hit, clout, belt, wallop
  • to hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping
  • (slang) to hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular

    • Anagrams

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    References

    * 1000 English basic words ----