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Digs vs Excavate - What's the difference?

digs | excavate |

As nouns the difference between digs and excavate

is that digs is plural of lang=en while excavate is any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.

As verbs the difference between digs and excavate

is that digs is third-person singular of dig while excavate is to make a hole in (something); to hollow.

digs

English

Noun

(head)
  • (pluralonly, colloquial) Lodgings. From diggings.
  • * , Episode 16
  • Corley at the first go-off was inclined to suspect it was something to do with Stephen being fired out of his digs for bringing in a bloody tart off the street.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dig)
  • Anagrams

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    excavate

    English

    Etymology 1

    Known since 1599, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
  • To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
  • To uncover (something) by removing its covering.
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (wikipedia excavate) (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
  • References

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