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Hoard vs Holard - What's the difference?

hoard | holard |

As nouns the difference between hoard and holard

is that hoard is a hidden supply or fund while holard is (dated) the total water content of a sample of soil.

As a verb hoard

is to amass, usually for one's personal collection.

hoard

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hidden supply or fund.
    • a hoard''' of provisions; a '''hoard of money
  • (archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To amass, usually for one's personal collection.

    • See also

    * (Hoarding) * * horde

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    holard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) The total water content of a sample of soil
  • * 1916 , , Plant Succession: An Analysis of the Development of Vegetation , page 439:
    • Methods of determining the holard are so numerous and so simple as to need little comment.
  • * 1929 , Harvey Stallard, Secondary Succession in the Climax Forest Formations of Northern Minnesota , page 506:
    • The holard of clays ranges from 20 to 60 per cent during the growing season.

    Related terms

    * chresard * echard