Greens vs Preens - What's the difference?
greens | preens |
(plurale tantum) The leaves of certain edible green plants, especially of brassicas, eaten as a vegetable.
(plurale tantum) Any vegetables eaten by humans, regardless of colour.
(green)
(preen)
A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
(dialectal) pin
(dialectal) bodkin; brooch
(of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.
To show off, posture, or smarm.
* 1993 , Scott Simmon, The Films of D W Griffith
* 2004 , Jude Deveraux, Counterfeit Lady
(UK, dialect, dated) To trim up, as trees.
As verbs the difference between greens and preens
is that greens is third-person singular of green while preens is third-person singular of preen.As a noun greens
is plural of lang=en.As a proper noun Greens
is a green party.greens
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Noun
(head)Derived terms
* beet greens * collard greens * dandelion greens * leafy greens * mess of greens * salad greens * spring greens * turnip greens * warrigal greensVerb
(head)Anagrams
* English plurals ----preens
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*preen
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) pren, from (etyl) ‘edge’, Albanian brez ‘belt, girdle’). The verb is from (etyl) prenen, from .Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
Variant of prune (by influence of preen above) Attested in Chaucer (c. 1395) in the variants preyneth, prayneth, proyneth, prunyht, pruneth , from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- His preening self-satisfaction, chest thrown forward as he settles into a chair in his mansion...
- He preened under her compliments.
- (Halliwell)