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Jewels vs Jewel - What's the difference?

jewels | jewel |

As proper nouns the difference between jewels and jewel

is that jewels is while jewel is from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century.

jewels

English

Noun

(head)
  • (slang) Family jewels; testicles.
  • * 1991 , Michael J Katz, The Big Freeze?
    • Murray, if I wasn't so crazy about you I'd give you a kick right in the jewels .
  • * 2008 , Liam Jackson, Offspring
    • You just don't steal a man's gun and not expect a swift kick in the jewels in return.

    Derived terms

    * family jewels

    jewel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
  • A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
  • * ante'' 1611 , (William Shakespeare), '', lines 188–9:
    • Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.
  • (figuratively) Anything considered precious or valuable.
  • * Shakespeare
    • our prince (jewel of children)
  • A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
  • (slang) The clitoris.
  • * 2008 , Another Time, Another Place: Five Novellas
    • The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * bejewel * jeweler, jeweller * jewelled * jewellery, jewelry * jewel in the crown

    Verb

  • To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.