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Jaw vs China - What's the difference?

jaw | china |

As nouns the difference between jaw and china

is that jaw is one of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth while china is the root of a climbing plant, Smilax china L., once believed to have important medicinal properties.

As a verb jaw

is to assail or abuse by scolding.

As a proper noun China is

a country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国).

jaw

English

(wikipedia jaw)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
  • The part of the face below the mouth.
  • His jaw dropped in amazement.
  • (figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.
  • the jaws''' of a pass; the '''jaws''' of darkness; the '''jaws of death.
  • A notch or opening.
  • A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
  • the jaw of a railway-car pedestal.
  • One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
  • the jaws''' of a vise; the '''jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
  • (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
  • (slang, dated) Impudent or abusive talk.
  • (slang) Axle guard.
  • Derived terms

    * jawbone * jaw-dropping * make someone's jaw drop * slack-jawed

    See also

    * chin

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To assail or abuse by scolding.
  • To scold; to clamor.
  • (informal) To talk; to converse.
  • (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
  • china

    English

    (wikipedia China)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China ().
  • A region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
  • The civilization of the Chinese people.
  • (very rarely) A female given name.
  • Derived terms

    * China Hand * Chinaman * China syndrome * Chinese * sinophobia

    See also

    * * * * * Cathay * * all the tea in China * made in China

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