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Elbow vs Breakfast - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between elbow and breakfast

is that elbow is the joint between the upper arm and the forearm while breakfast is the first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

As verbs the difference between elbow and breakfast

is that elbow is to push with the elbow; to jostle or force while breakfast is to eat the morning meal.

elbow

English

(wikipedia elbow)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
  • * (fl.c.1260-c.1300)
  • *:her arms to the elbows naked
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ΒΆ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
  • Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
  • :
  • A detective.
  • *1924 , (Dashiell Hammett), "Zigzags of Treachery":
  • *:"An elbow , huh?" putting all the contempt he could in his voice; and somehow any synonym for detective seems able to hold a lot of contempt.
  • (lb) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.Newell, Pete; Nater, Swen (2008). Pete Newell's Playing Big] . Human Kinetics. p.26: [[Special:BookSources/9780736068093, ISBN 9780736068093]. Retrieved April 11, 2013.

    • Derived terms

    * elbow bone * elbow grease * elbow juice * elbow room * give someone the elbow * more power to your elbow * rub elbows

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To push with the elbow; to jostle or force.
    • He elbowed his way through the crowd.

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

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    References

    English refractory feminine rhymes

    breakfast

    English

    (wikipedia breakfast) , bacon, fried mushrooms and tomatoes, scrambled eggs and toast at a restaurant in (Singapore). These foods are eaten for breakfast in many countries.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
    • You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.
  • * 1591 , Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 2 , act 1:
    • a sorry breakfast for my lord protector
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=
    • , title=The Cuckoo in the Nest , chapter=1 citation , passage=Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.}}
  • (by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
    • We serve breakfast all day.
  • A meal after fasting, or food in general.
  • * Dryden
    • The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.

    Derived terms

    * breakfast of champions * champagne breakfast * continental breakfast * deskfast * English breakfast * wedding breakfast

    See also

    * brunch * jentacular

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To eat the morning meal.
  • * He breakfasted on pizza and Coke.
  • * Prior
    • First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast .
  • To serve breakfast to.
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    • Synonyms

    * break one's fast

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words