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Groundworm vs Groundwork - What's the difference?

groundworm | groundwork |

As nouns the difference between groundworm and groundwork

is that groundworm is (dialectal|dated) earthworm while groundwork is the foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.

groundworm

English

Alternative forms

* ground-worm

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dialectal, dated) earthworm
  • * 1828 , (1909), Journal XIX, p. 239
    • They are scheming and talking, as if they belonged, like a toad or a ground-worm , to the acre on which they were born:

    groundwork

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
    • The discovery of the laws of electricity laid the groundwork for a century of innovation.

    See also

    * legwork