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Nails vs Hoof - What's the difference?

nails | hoof |

As nouns the difference between nails and hoof

is that nails is while hoof is the tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

As a verb hoof is

to trample with hooves.

nails

English

Noun

(head)
  • The four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on which bargains used to be struck.
  • Anagrams

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    hoof

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
  • (slang) The human foot.
  • (geometry, dated) An ungula.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To trample with hooves.
  • (colloquial) To walk.
  • (informal) To dance, especially as a professional.
  • (colloquial, football, transitive) to kick, especially to kick the football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
  • Synonyms

    * (to kick)