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Excavate vs Shovelbum - What's the difference?

excavate | shovelbum |

As verbs the difference between excavate and shovelbum

is that excavate is to make a hole in (something); to hollow while shovelbum is to excavate, to do archaeology digs.

As nouns the difference between excavate and shovelbum

is that excavate is any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata while shovelbum is a professional excavator on cultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work.

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.
    • Related terms
    * excavation * excavator

    Etymology 2

    Noun

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

    • References

    * (EtymOnLine) ----

    shovelbum

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, archaeology) A professional excavator on cultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work.

    • Verb

  • (US, archaeology) To excavate, to do archaeology digs.

    • References

    *{{reference-book , last = King , first = Thomas , authorlink = Thomas F. King , title = Doing Archaeology: a Cultural Resource Management Perspective. , publisher = Left Coast Press , date = 2005 , id = ISBN 1-59874-003-2 }}