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Archwife vs Archwire - What's the difference?

archwife | archwire |


As nouns the difference between archwife and archwire

is that archwife is (obsolete) a big, masculine wife while archwire is (dentistry) an orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch.

Upraisest vs Uprisest - What's the difference?

upraisest | uprisest |


In archaic terms the difference between upraisest and uprisest

is that upraisest is archaic second-person singular of upraise while uprisest is archaic second-person singular of uprise.

Winnow vs Winrow - What's the difference?

winnow | winrow |


As nouns the difference between winnow and winrow

is that winnow is that which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain while winrow is alternative form of windrow.

As a verb winnow

is to subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

Bawd vs Baud - What's the difference?

bawd | baud |


As nouns the difference between bawd and baud

is that bawd is a person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer, a madame while baud is a rate defined as the number of signalling events per second in a data transmission.

As an adjective bawd

is joyous; riotously gay.

As a verb bawd

is to procure women for lewd purposes.

Laced vs Layed - What's the difference?

laced | layed |


As verbs the difference between laced and layed

is that laced is past tense of lace while layed is past tense of lay.

As an adjective laced

is tainted with something, especially a drug.

Cam vs Clam - What's the difference?

cam | clam |


As nouns the difference between cam and clam

is that cam is a turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it while clam is a bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (species: Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (species: Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the species: Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

As verbs the difference between cam and clam

is that cam is to go on webcam with someone while clam is to dig for clams.

As an adverb cam

is alternative form of lang=en.

As a proper noun Cam

is a diminutive=Cameron given name.

Polyanths vs Polyanthus - What's the difference?

polyanths | polyanthus |


As nouns the difference between polyanths and polyanthus

is that polyanths is while polyanthus is (botany) the oxlip, , so called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel.

Preauthorization vs Reauthorization - What's the difference?

preauthorization | reauthorization |


As nouns the difference between preauthorization and reauthorization

is that preauthorization is authorization given in advance while reauthorization is a second or subsequent authorization.

Bowses vs Sowses - What's the difference?

bowses | sowses |


As a verb bowses

is third-person singular of bowse.

As a noun sowses is

plural of lang=en.

Witting vs Witing - What's the difference?

witting | witing |


As nouns the difference between witting and witing

is that witting is knowledge, awareness while witing is obsolete spelling of witting.

As verbs the difference between witting and witing

is that witting is present participle of lang=en while witing is present participle of wite.

As an adjective witting

is aware, knowledgable.

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