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Flaw vs Slaw - What's the difference?

flaw | slaw |

As nouns the difference between flaw and slaw

is that flaw is (obsolete) a flake, fragment, or shiver or flaw can be a sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration while slaw is (us|canada) coleslaw.

As a verb flaw

is to add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.

flaw

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) flawe, .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver.
  • (obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice.
  • A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
    • There is a flaw in that knife.
    That vase has a flaw .
  • * Shakespeare
    • This heart / Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws .
  • A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
  • * South
    • Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?
  • A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid.
    • a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * tragic flaw

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
  • To become imperfect or defective.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
  • * Milton
    • Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw .
  • * Tennyson
    • Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn.
  • A storm of short duration.
  • A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.
  • * Dryden
    • And deluges of armies from the town / Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw .

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    slaw

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, Canada) Coleslaw.
  • * 1996', Jerry Bledsoe, '''''Slaw Crazy'', Lee Harrison Child (editor), ''Close to Home: Revelations and Reminiscences by North Carolina Authors , page 66,
    • Barbecue is always served with slaw in North Carolina and always has been.
  • * 2002 , Alex Haas, Everyday Low Carb Cooking , page 73,
    • My boss, whose daughter was a working chef, told me that I made the best slaws' that she had ever tasted. The secret is that ' slaws deserve as much care in their preparation as any other good meal.
  • * 2010 , Judy Doherty, Salad Secrets: 100 of the Most Creative, Healthful Recipes , page 103,
    • Slaws go well with grilled lean protein items and sandwiches.

    Derived terms

    * cheese slaw * red slaw * white slaw

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