Means vs Meads - What's the difference?
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An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
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As nouns the difference between means and meads
is that means is while meads is .As a verb means
is (mean).means
English
(wikipedia means)Noun
(head)- A car is a means of transport .
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- He was living beyond his means .
Usage notes
Frequently contrasted with , as in “a means to an end”. Similar contrast is (process) vs. (product).Synonyms
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Noun
(head)- On this side of the River they passed forests of great reeds, so tall that they shut out all view to the west ... Here and there through openings Frodo could catch sudden glimpses of rolling meads , and far beyond them hills in the sunset ...