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Nook vs Nuke - What's the difference?

nook | nuke |

As nouns the difference between nook and nuke

is that nook is a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone while nuke is mother.

nook

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone.
    • There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.
  • A hidden or secluded spot.
    • The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks ; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.

    Derived terms

    * nookery

    Related terms

    * inglenook * any nook or cranny, every nook and cranny, nook and cranny, nook or cranny

    nuke

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Nuclear weapon.
    • "I can buy nukes on the black market for $40 million each''" - John Travolta in the movie ''Swordfish .
  • Something that negates or destroys, especially on a catastrophic scale.
  • (US, slang) A microwave oven
    • "Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and then eat it. "
  • Nuclear electrical power generation station. http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?nuke

    • Verb

    (nuk)
  • To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
    • First they nuked Hiroshima, then Nagasaki.
  • (colloquial) To cook food or beverages in a microwave oven.
    • I'll nuke some pizza for dinner.
  • (colloquial) To completely destroy.
    • To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives.''http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?nuke (see also ''expunge )

    Derived terms

    * nuker

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