Ear vs Foot - What's the difference?

In countable terms the difference between ear and foot

is that ear is the fruiting body of a grain plant while foot is a unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. {{jump|unit of length|u|co}.

As a proper noun Foot is

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ear

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), .

Noun

(en noun)

(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.

(countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear , and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}

(countable, slang) A police informant.

* 1976 , Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner, Gail Morgan Hickman, .

No I'm not kidding, and if you don't give it to me I'll let it out that you’re an ear.

The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones.

songsnot all ungrateful to thine ear

The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.

* (Francis Bacon)

Dionysiuswould give no ear to his suit.

* (William Shakespeare)

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears .

That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle.

(architecture) An acroterium.

(architecture) A crossette.

Alternative forms

* ere

Derived terms

* bend somebody's ear * between the ears * by ear * cauliflower ear * earache * earbud * ear canal * eardrum * earful * earhole * earlobe * earmark * earpiece * earphone * earprint * earring * ears are burning * earshot * earsore * ear to the ground * ear trumpet * earwax * external ear * have one's ears lowered * inner ear * little pitchers have big ears * make a silk purse of a sow's ear * middle ear * mind's ear * out on one's ear * outer ear * surfer’s ear * swimmer’s ear * (ear)

Verb

(en verb)

(humorous) To take in with the ears; to hear.

* Two Noble Kinsmen

I eared her language.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (m).

Noun

(en noun)

(countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.

He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.

Synonyms

* head * spike

Verb

(en verb)

To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.

This corn ears well.

Etymology 3

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

(archaic) To plough.

* 1595 , William Shakespeare, Richard II :

That power I have, discharge; and let them go

To ear the land that hath some hope to grow,

For I have none.

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foot

English

(wikipedia foot)

Noun

(feet)

(countable) A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. (jump)

(countable, anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. (jump)

(uncountable, often used attributively) Travel by walking. (walking)

(countable) The base or bottom of anything. (jump)

(countable) The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.

(countable) The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. (jump)

(countable) A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. (jump)

(countable) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=20 citation , passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}

(military, pluralonly) Foot soldiers; infantry. (jump)

* Clarendon

His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot .

(countable, cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.

(countable, sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.

(countable, printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. (jump)

(countable, prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. (jump)

(countable, phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.

(countable, nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.

(countable, billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.

(countable, botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.

(b ) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.

(countable, malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.

(countable, molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein. (jump)

(countable, geometry) The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect.

Fundamental principle; basis; plan. (never used in the plural)

* Berkeley

Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.

Recognized condition; rank; footing. (never used in the plural)

* Walpole

As to his being on the foot of a servant.

Usage notes

* (jump) The ordinary plural of the unit of measurement is (feet), but in many contexts, (term) itself may be used ("he is six foot two"). This is a reflex of the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) genitive plural.Rich Alderson, “Why do we say ‘30 years old’, but ‘a 30-year-old man’?”, in Mark Israel, the alt.usage.english FAQ. * It is sometimes abbreviated ' , such as in tables, lists or drawings.

Derived terms

* a closed mouth gathers no feet * afoot * acre-foot * athlete's foot * best foot * Bigfoot * board foot * clubfoot * Chinese foot * cubic foot * footage * foot-and-mouth disease * football * footboard * footboy * foot brake * footbridge * footcandle * footfall * foot fault * footgear * foothill * foothold * footing * foot-in-mouth disease * foot iron * foot landraker * footlights * foot line * footlocker * footloose * foot louse * footly * footman * foot-mouth * footnote * footpad * footpath * foot-pound * foot post * footprint * foot pump * footrest * footrope * footsie * footsie-wootsies * foot soldier * footsore * footstep * footstone * footstool * foot warmer * footwear * footwell * footwork * footworn * four foot * get one's foot in the door * Hong Kong foot * immersion foot * itchy feet * Japanese foot * put one's foot in one's mouth * rabbit's foot * Roman foot * shoot oneself in the foot * six foot * square foot * start off on the wrong foot * trench foot * wrongfoot * See also

Coordinate terms

* inch, yard, mile * (jump) head, sides * (jump) head, body * head, leech, luff * (jump) head, cleft, neck * (jump) horse

Verb

(en verb)

To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).

To pay (a bill).

To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

(Dryden)

To walk.

(Shakespeare)

To tread.

to foot the green

(Tickell)

(obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.

* Shakespeare

What confederacy have you with the traitors / Late footed in the kingdom?

To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).

(Shakespeare)

To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up .

to foot (or foot up) an account

Derived terms

* foot the bill

References

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