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Neep vs Heep - What's the difference?

neep | heep |

As nouns the difference between neep and heep

is that neep is (chiefly|scotland) the swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in scotland while heep is (obsolete) the hip of the dog rose.

neep

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, Scotland) The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland.
  • *1934 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Grey Granite'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 494:
  • *:Poor Mr Piddle with his long think neck and his long thin head, as bald as a neep and something the shape […].

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    heep

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The hip of the dog rose.
    • (Webster 1913)