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Feces vs Fecks - What's the difference?

feces | fecks |

As nouns the difference between feces and fecks

is that feces is faeces while fecks is (in minced oaths) faith.

As a verb fecks is

(feck).

feces

English

(wikipedia feces)

Alternative forms

* faeces (British), (archaic)

Noun

(en-plural noun) (North American spelling)
  • Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement.

    • Usage notes

    * This word can be used with plural verbs ("feces have a strong smell") or singular ones ("feces has a strong smell"). Use with plural verbs is more common, especially in Britain, and is the only use recognized by some dictionaries,

    Synonyms

    * (discharged animal waste) excrement, faecal matter, guano (of birds or bats only), manure (not used of human faeces) * night soil (euphemistic) * doo, poo, poop, boo-boo, and doody (euphemistic or hypocoristic) * crap, shit, turd, log (vulgar) * See also

    Related terms

    * defecate * fecal * feceate * feculence * feculent

    References

    English pluralia tantum ----

    fecks

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • (feck)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • (in minced oaths) Faith.
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