Frog vs Worm - What's the difference?
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A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops
The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached
(Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad
The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick
An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood
The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof)
An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.
The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
To hunt or trap frogs.
To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt
An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of a button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop
To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs
To unravel (a knitted garment).
A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum.
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, chapter=7 A contemptible or devious being.
* Bible, Psalms xxii. 6
(computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network.
(cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings.
Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
* Moxon
# A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
# (anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
# The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.
# A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth.
(archaic) A dragon or mythological serpent.
(obsolete) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
* Tyndale (Acts xxviii. 3, 4)
* Shakespeare
* Longfellow
An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.
(math) A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling.
(label) To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
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To work one's way by artful or devious means.
*(George Herbert) (1593-1633)
*:When debates and fretting jealousy / Did worm and work within you more and more, / Your colour faded.
To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
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To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out .
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:They find themselves wormed out of all power.
To "worm out of", to "drag out of" (often: "drag every word out of someone"), to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly). Often combined with expressions such as "It's like pulling teeth" or "It's like getting blood out of a stone".
*(Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
*:Theywormed things out of me that I had no desire to tell.
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*:He nodded. "Mum's the word, Mrs. Bunting! It'll all be in the last editions of the evening newspapers—it can't be kep' out. There'd be too much of a row if twas!" ¶ "Are you going off to that public-house now?" she asked. ¶ "I've got a awk'ard job—to try and worm something out of the barmaid."
To fill in the contlines of a rope before parcelling and serving.
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*:Ropesare generally wormed before they are served.
(label) To deworm an animal.
(label) To move with one's body dragging the ground.
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*:Inch by inch I wormed along the secret passageway, flat to the ground, not once raising my head, hardly daring to pull a full breath.
(label) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:The men assisted the laird in his sporting parties, wormed his dogs, and cut the ears of his terrier puppies.
(label) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.
As nouns the difference between frog and worm
is that frog is a small tailless amphibian of the order anura that typically hops or frog can be (offensive) a french person or frog can be a leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt while worm is .As a verb frog
is to hunt or trap frogs or frog can be to ornament or fasten a coat, etc with frogs or frog can be to unravel (a knitted garment).frog
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), ).J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. "Jump" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 323. See also (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* frosh, frosk, frock * pad, paddock * (railway switch component) common crossingDerived terms
(Derived terms) * * * bush frog * clawed frog * common frog * Darwin's frog * disc-tongued frog * edible frog * * * fine as frog hair, finer than frog hair * Frog (metathesis: > Gorf) * frog belly * frogbit * frog chorus * frogeater, frog eater * frogeye * frogeyed * frog face * frogfish * frogged * froggery * frogging * froggish * froggy * Froggy * froghopper * a frog in one’s throat * frog kick * frog kingdom * frog legs * froglike * * frogly * frogman * frogmarch, frog-march * frogmouth * frog orchid * frogpond, frog pond * frog pose * The Frog Prince * Frog Prince * frog's-bit * frog's legs * frogspawn, frog spawn * frog spit * frog spittle * frog sticker * frogstool * ghost frog * glass frog * * Kermit the Frog (metathesis: > Kermit the Forg, Kermit the Gorf, Kermit the Grof) * The Leap-Frog * leapfrog, leap-frog * leapfrogged, leap-frogged * leapfrogging * leapfrog test, leap-frog test, leap frog test * litter frog * male frog test * * marsupial frog * moss frog * * painted frog * parsley frog * poison dart frog * * screeching frog * sedge frog * * shovelnose frog * tailed frog * tongueless frog * tree frog * Tukeit Hill frog * * true frogReferences
See also
* amphibian * * tadpole * toad *Verb
(frogg)Derived terms
* frog stitchEtymology 2
From (m), stereotypical food of the French. Compare , from (m), corresponding French term for English, likewise based on stereotypical food.Antonyms
* (French person) (l)References
*Etymology 3
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(en noun)Verb
(frogg)Etymology 4
Supposedly from sounding similar to "rip it".Verb
(frogg)worm
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’}}
- I am a worm , and no man.
- The threads of screws, when bigger than can be made in screw plates, are called worms .
- There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a murderer.
- 'Tis slander, / Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue / Outvenoms all the worms of Nile.
- When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm , / His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks.
- — Richard III ,
Verb
(en verb)Benjamin J. Totten], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=w0VJAAAAYAAJ Naval Text-Book:
