Fief vs Turf - What's the difference?
fief | turf |
An estate held of a superior on condition of military service.
Something over which one has rights or exercises control.
(metaphor) An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.
A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
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A piece of such a layer cut from the soil and used to make a lawn.
(label) A sod of peat used as fuel.
(label) The territory claimed by a person, gang, etc. as their own.
A racetrack; or the sport of racing horses.
to create a lawn by laying turfs
(Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
(business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
(business) To cancel a project or product.
As nouns the difference between fief and turf
is that fief is an estate held of a superior on condition of military service while turf is a layer of earth covered with grass; sod.As a verb turf is
to create a lawn by laying turfs.fief
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(en noun)Synonyms
* manorDerived terms
* fiefdom * in fiefSee also
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Noun
Derived terms
* artificial turf * AstroTurf * turf accountant * turf bank * turfen * turfyVerb
(en verb)- Eight managers were turfed after the merger of the two companies.
- The company turfed the concept car because the prototype performed poorly.
