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Heather vs Shirt - What's the difference?

heather | shirt |

As a proper noun heather

is .

As a noun shirt is

an article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

As a verb shirt is

to cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.

heather

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) An evergreen plant, , with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
  • (botany) The Ericaceae family.
  • (botany) Various species of the genus Erica .
  • (botany) Various species of the genus Cassiope .
  • A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.

    • Synonyms

    * (Calluna vulgaris) ling

    Related terms

    * heath

    Derived terms

    * bell heather * heather grass * heather mixture

    See also

    (other terms of interest) * briar * ericaceous * hypericum * marsh andromeda * whortleberry * * (wikipedia "heather") * (Ericaceae) * (commonslite)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.

    • Anagrams

    *

    shirt

    English

    (wikipedia shirt)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.
  • * Addison
    • Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts .
  • * Bishop Fisher
    • She had her shirts and girdles of hair.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 9 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Holt was furious referee Michael Oliver refused to then award him a penalty after Ledley King appeared to pull his shirt and his anger was compounded when Spurs immediately levelled.}}
  • a member of the shirt-wearing team.

    • Derived terms

    * * * * * * * * * * * *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.
    • (Dryden)

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words