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Melon vs Arson - What's the difference?

melon | arson |

As nouns the difference between melon and arson

is that melon is melon while arson is (uncountable) the crime of setting a fire with intent to cause damage.

melon

English

(wikipedia melon)

Etymology 1

(etyl) melon, from .

Noun

  • (countable) Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
  • # Genus Cucurbita , various musk melons, including the honeydew and the cantaloupes, and the horned melon.
  • # Genus , the watermelon and others
  • # Genus Benincasa , a winter melon
  • # Genus , the bitter melon
  • (uncountable) The fruit of such plants.
  • (uncountable) A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.
  • (in the plural, slang) Breasts.
  • * 2013 , K. L. Brady, Got a Right to Be Wrong (page 107)
  • “Wait a minute.” I said. “James with another woman? Mommy, that doesn't even sound right?” “It's true. I caught him squeezing her melons .”
  • (countable, slang) The head.
  • (countable, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
  • (countable) A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.
  • Adjective

  • Of a light pinkish orange colour, like that of melon flesh.
  • Derived terms
    * * melon beetle * melon cactus * * melon thistle * * * * * * *

    See also

    * calabash * cantaloupe * casaba * crenshaw * melinite * spanspek *

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
  • Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    arson

    English

    (wikipedia arson)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The crime of setting a fire with intent to cause damage.
  • * 2006 , , Concrete: Killer Smile , Part two, p.34
  • Arson , like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.
  • (countable) An instance of such a crime.
  • See also

    * incendiary * incendiarism

    Anagrams

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