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Dinosaur vs Cherry - What's the difference?

dinosaur | cherry |

As nouns the difference between dinosaur and cherry

is that dinosaur is any of the creatures belonging to the clade dinosauria, especially those that existed during the triassic, jurassic and cretaceous periods and are now extinct while cherry is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc.

As a proper noun cherry is

, a pet form of charity, also interpreted as a flower name.

dinosaur

English

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Alternative forms

* deinosaur (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the creatures belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct
  • (proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago
  • (figuratively, colloquial) A person or organisation that is very old, has very old-fashioned views, or is not willing to change and adapt
  • (figuratively, colloquial) Anything no longer in common use or practice
  • Usage notes

    Many animals commonly described as dinosaurs do not belong to Dinosauria, and are not true dinosaurs. These include pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs. Describing these as dinosaurs is frowned upon in scientific writing but persists in the media and in everyday speech. Conversely, not all members of Dinosauria became extinct in the . Those that survived were the ancestors of modern birds, which therefore also belong to Dinosauria. However, birds are not usually described as dinosaurs, except in some popular science writing.

    Synonyms

    * (dinosaur excluding birds) non-avian dinosaur * (person who is very old) fossil, old fart

    Derived terms

    * -saur

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (nb-noun-m1)
  • a (l) (extinct reptile )
  • References

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    cherry

    English

    Noun

    (cherries)
  • A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
  • , trees or shrubs that bears cherries.
  • The wood of a cherry tree.
  • Cherry red.
  • (slang) Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
  • * 2004 , Nick Wright, Treading Ground #47 – Throwback
  • In any case it’s ironic, considering there hasn’t been a cherry in the white house since Chelsea Clinton'' was ''fourteen .
  • (graph theory) A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.
  • * 2004 , Suleyman Cenk Sahinalp, S Muthukrishnan, Ugur Dogrusoz, Combinatorial Pattern Matching
  • Non-isomorphism is detected whenever the algorithm finds a cherry v_1 \in T_1
  • * 2005 , Lior Pachter, Bernd Sturmfels, Algebraic Statistics for Computational Biology
  • Step 3: Output the tree T. The edge lengths of T are determined recursively: If (x,y) is a cherry connected to node z as in Step 2…
  • (label) A cricket ball.
  • * 2000 , Woorkheri Raman, Indians adopt safety first tactics, ESPNcricinfo:
  • The Indians have to get early wickets on the morrow and they will have the option of taking the new cherry .
  • * 2007 , Ben Dirs, England v West Indies 1st Test, BBC:
  • Players are back out and it's Harmison to have first go with the cherry .

    Usage notes

    Cherry includes, but is not limited to, the following species, of the genus Prunus'': ''Prunus avium'' (wild cherry, mazzard, sweet cherry), ''P. cerasus]]'' (sour cherry), ), and ''[[Prunus virginiana, P. virginiana'' (chokecherry). ''Prunus also includes plums, peaches, apricots, and almonds.

    Hyponyms

    * ) * ) * ) * ) * * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * (l) ( ) * ) * (l) (Prunus avium ) * (l) (Prunus avium'', ''P. serotina

    See also

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing or having the taste of cherries.
  • Of a bright red colour.
  • (informal, often, of cars) In excellent condition; mint condition.
  • * 2003 , John Morgan Wilson, Blind Eye , St. Martin’s Press, ISBN 0312309198, page 108:
  • A few years earlier, I’d restored my ’65 Mustang convertible to cherry condition—fire engine red, with matching tuck-and-roll—and I wasn’t surprised that it drew attention.

    Derived terms

    * African cherry orange () * Barbados cherry () * bird-cherry ermine () * bowl of cherries * cherry currant (Ribes rubrum ) * bladder cherry (Physalis alkekengi ) * bob-cherry * cherry pepper (Capsicum annuum ) * cherry pitter * cherry Bakewell tart * cherry birch (Betula lenta ) * cherry blossom * cherry bomb * cherry brandy * cherry laurel (, {{taxlink, Prunus laurocerasus, species, P. laurocerasus, noshow=1}}) * cherry picker * cherry pie * cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera ) * cherry red * cherry tomato () * cherry-pick * cherrystone * cherrywood * cornelian cherry (, C. mas ) * (Physalis spp. ) * Jerusalem cherry () * maraschino cherry * * winter cherry (, Physalis spp. )

    See also

    * * black birch * Chinese lantern * gean * kirsch * marasca () * morello * myrobalan * oxheart * sweet birch * tomatillo * tommyto

    References