Fears vs Sears - What's the difference?
fears | sears |
(fear)
(sear)
Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument.
To wither; to dry up.
(figurative) To mark permanently, as if by burning.
A scar produced by searing
Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
As a noun fears
is .As a verb fears
is (fear).As a proper noun sears is
.fears
English
Noun
(head)- All our fears have come to pass, we are doomed but have nothing left to fear.
Verb
(head)- He fears the dark, so he invented a longer lasting light bulb.
Anagrams
*sears
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *sear
English
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) seer, seere, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
From (etyl) seeren, seren, from (etyl) , Greek hauos'' ("dry"), Sanskrit ''s?sa'' ("drought"). The use in firearms terminology may relate to French ''serrer ("to grip").Verb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
- The events of that day were seared into her memory.