Acorn vs Nuts - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between acorn and nuts is that acorn is the fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule while nuts is . As an adjective nuts is (colloquial) insane, mad. As an interjection nuts is indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment. As a verb nuts is ( nut).
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
acorn English
Noun
( en noun)
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
(zoology) See acorn-shell .
(slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
Derived terms
* acorn cup
* acorn nut
* acorn squash
* eggcorn
* ride a horse foaled by an acorn
Holonyms
* (fruit of an oak) oak
See also
* (wikipedia)
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nuts English
Noun
( head) ( p)
(vulgar, slang) Testicles.
- Ohhh, he just got kicked in the nuts!
(poker) A hand that can be proven unbeatable even when the hand's holder does not know any of the hidden cards the other poker players involved in a hand hold or held.
Adjective
( en adjective)
(colloquial) Insane, mad.
- After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts .
(colloquial, figuratively) Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.
- I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts.
- The referee made a bad call against the home team and the crowd went nuts .
Synonyms
* nutty
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Interjection
( en interjection)
Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.
- Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say.
Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it,'' ''no way,'' or ''nothing doing .
Usage notes
* The association with testicles (See .) adds an intensifying effect to the anger or rejection.
* Use of "Nuts" rather than another form of "No" is often intentionally insulting.
Verb
(head)
(nut)
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