Four vs Fower - What's the difference?
four | fower |
(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
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Describing a set or group with four components.
(countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
(countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.
A person who is four years old.
(cricket, countable) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
(rowing) Quadruple sculls.
(obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.
* 1887 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet , IV:
(Early Modern English, dated) One who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.
(Geordie, cardinal) four
The digit in the NATO phonetic alphabet. It is pronounced with two syllables, to prevent possible accidental confusion with other digits.
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As nouns the difference between four and fower
is that four is the digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof while fower is one who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.As a numeral four
is a numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••.four
English
(wikipedia four)Numeral
(head)- There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn.
- Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four —on up to sixteen.
Derived terms
* on all fours * back four * four-bagger * four-ball * four-by-four/ * four-color/four-colour * four-dimensional * four-eyes * four-flush * fourfold * fourfooted/four-footed * four-handed * four horsemen * four hundred * four-in-hand * four-leaf clover * four-letter word * fourling * four-o'clock * four of a kind * four-on-the-floor * fourpence * fourpenny * fourplex * four-post bed * four-poster * four-pounder * fourscore * foursquare * four square * foursome * four-star * four-wheel drive * four-wheeler * two-by-fourDescendants
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* Last: three, 3 * Next: five, 5Noun
- Do you have any more fours ? I want to make this a little taller.
- I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
- I was a-strollin' down, thinkin' between ourselves how uncommon handy a four of gin hot would be, when suddenly the glint of a light caught my eye in the window of that same house.