Filbert vs Chestnut - What's the difference?
filbert | chestnut |
The hazelnut.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
The hazel tree.
A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.
A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea .
The nut of this tree or shrub.
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.
A reddish-brown horse.
(uncountable) The wood of a chestnut tree.
(idiomatic) (Often "old chestnut") A worn-out meme; a phrase, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome.
A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
(UK) horse-chestnut
Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
As nouns the difference between filbert and chestnut
is that filbert is the hazelnut while chestnut is a tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.As an adjective chestnut is
of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.filbert
English
Alternative forms
* filberdNoun
(en noun)- I'll bring thee / To clust'ring filberts , and sometimes I'll get thee / Young scamels from the rock.
