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Furrow vs Vacuum - What's the difference?

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Furrow is a related term of vacuum.


As nouns the difference between furrow and vacuum

is that furrow is a trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop while vacuum is (rare|chiefly|netherlands).

As a verb furrow

is to make (a) groove, a cut(s) in (the ground etc).

furrow

English

(Plough)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
    • Don't walk across that deep furrow in the field.
  • Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
  • A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
    • When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make (a) groove, a cut(s) in (the ground etc.).
    • Cart wheels can furrow roads.
  • To wrinkle
  • To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to worry, concentration etc.
    • Leave me alone so I can furrow my brows and concentrate.

    Synonyms

    * (sense, to pull one's brows or eyebrows together) frown

    See also

    * plough a lonely furrow

    vacuum

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (rare)

    Noun

    (wikipedia vacuum) (en-noun)
  • A region of space that contains no matter.
  • A vacuum cleaner.
  • The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.
    • a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch

    Usage notes

    * In the sense of "a region of space that contains no matter", the plural of vacuum' is either '''vacua''' or '''vacuums'''. In the sense of a "vacuum cleaner" ' vacuums is the only plural. * The Latin in vacuo'' is sometimes used instead of ''in a vacuum (in free space).

    Synonyms

    * (vacuum cleaner) hoover (British )

    Antonyms

    * (region of space that contains no matter) plenum

    Derived terms

    * power vacuum * vacuum brake * vacuum cleaner * vacuum pan * vacuum valve

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.
  • To use a vacuum cleaner.

    • Synonyms

    * (transitive sense) to hoover (British) * (intransitive sense) to do the hoovering, to hoover (British)