Gizzard vs Gut - What's the difference?
gizzard | gut |
A portion of the esophagus of either a bird or an annelid that contains ingested grit and is used to grind up ingested food before it is transferred to the stomach.
The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
(informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
(uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
A person's emotional, visceral self.
(in the plural) The essential, core parts.
(in the plural) Ability and will to face up to adversity or unpleasantness.
(informal) A gut course
A narrow passage of water.
The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.
To eviscerate.
To remove or destroy the most important parts of.
:* fire gutted the building
:* Congress gutted the welfare bill.
Made of gut, e.g., a violin with gut strings
Instinctive, e.g., a gut reaction
As a noun gizzard
is a portion of the esophagus of either a bird or an annelid that contains ingested grit and is used to grind up ingested food before it is transferred to the stomach.As an initialism gut is
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(wikipedia gizzard)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* gizzard shad * fret the gizzard * stick in one's gizzardgut
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(en noun)- beer gut
- I have a funny feeling in my gut .
- He knew all about the guts of the business, how things actually get done.
- It took a lot of guts to admit to using banned substances on television.
- You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut .
- the Gut of Canso