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Eam vs Exam - What's the difference?

eam | exam |

As nouns the difference between eam and exam

is that eam is (dialectal|or|obsolete) uncle while exam is (informal) especially when meaning'' test ''or in compound terms .

eam

English

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l) (Scottish)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Uncle.
  • *2011 , Ernest R. Holloway, Andrew Melville and Humanism in Renaissance Scotland 1545-1622 :
  • James Melville remarked that during his uncle's time in Geneva he became “weill acquented with my eam , Mr. hendrie Scrymgeour” and was said to have been “a frequent visitor at his lodgings in town, and also at the Violet.

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    exam

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) especially when meaning'' test ''or in compound terms.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.

    Derived terms

    * bar exam * blue book exam * clinical exam * cross-exam * cross-exam * direct exam * exam paper * final exam * oral exam * physical exam

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