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Cuff vs Wreath - What's the difference?

cuff | wreath |

As nouns the difference between cuff and wreath

is that cuff is glove; mitten while wreath is something twisted, intertwined, or curled.

As verbs the difference between cuff and wreath

is that cuff is to furnish with cuffs while wreath is to place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something.

cuff

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) cuffe, .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) glove; mitten.
  • The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
  • The end of a pants leg, folded up.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To furnish with cuffs.
  • To handcuff.
  • Etymology 2

    1520, “to hit”, apparently of (etyl) origin, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l), (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again.
  • * Dryden
  • They with their quills did all the hurt they could, / And cuffed the tender chickens from their food.
  • To fight; to scuffle; to box.
  • * Dryden
  • While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
  • To buffet.
  • * Tennyson
  • cuffed by the gale

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
  • * Spenser
  • Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff.
  • * Hudibras
  • Many a bitter kick and cuff .

    wreath

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (wikipedia wreath) (en noun)
  • Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
  • , chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}
  • An ornamental circular band made e.g. of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland; a chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
  • *, chapter=12
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths , and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.}}
  • (label) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something.
  • To wrap around something in a circle.
  • At the funeral, a circle of comrades wreath the grave of the honored deceased.

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