Lamb vs Lamp - What's the difference?
lamb | lamp |
A young sheep.
The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
(figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
A simple, unsophisticated person.
(finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
Of a sheep, to give birth.
(transitive, or, intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.
A device that generates heat, light or other radiation.
A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
(slang) to hit, clout, belt, wallop
to hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping
(slang) to hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular
As nouns the difference between lamb and lamp
is that lamb is a young sheep while lamp is a device that generates heat, light or other radiation.As verbs the difference between lamb and lamp
is that lamb is of a sheep, to give birth while lamp is to hit, clout, belt, wallop.As a proper noun Lamb
is {{surname|lang=en|from=Middle English}.As an acronym LAMP is
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Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* lamb to the slaughter/like a lamb to the slaughter/come like a lamb to the slaughter * lamblike * lamb's lettuce * lamb's tongue * lambswoolVerb
(en verb)- The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.