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What is the difference between iceberg and calf?

iceberg | calf |

As nouns the difference between iceberg and calf

is that iceberg is a huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf while calf is a young cow or bull.

iceberg

English

(wikipedia iceberg)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
    • The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank .
  • (US, slang) An aloof person.
  • (figuratively, after an adjective) An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show, in reference to one-tenth of the volume of an iceberg being visible above water.
  • * 2013 , The Economist, '' How Barack Obama can get at least some of his credibility back:
    • He has little to lose: at present he will go down in history, alongside George W. Bush, as a skipper who ignored the looming fiscal iceberg .

    Related terms

    * ice * ice floe * tip of the iceberg * iceberger

    See also

    * growler

    External links

    * (commonslite) ----

    calf

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) cealf, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A young cow or bull.
  • Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
  • A young elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals).
  • A chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
    • (Kane)
  • A small island, near a larger island.
    • the Calf of Man
  • A cabless railroad engine.
  • (informal, dated) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
  • * Drayton
    • some silly, doting, brainless calf
    Synonyms
    *
    Derived terms
    * * * *
    Related terms
    *
    See also
    * cow * veal

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) kalfi, possibly derived from the same Germanic root as ().

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.
  • The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
  • * 1988 , Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", , 47 (6): 28-34.
    • Sure, his calves are a little weak, but the rest of his physique is so overwhelming, he should place high.
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