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Oar vs Zoar - What's the difference?

oar | zoar |

As nouns the difference between oar and zoar

is that oar is while zoar is a place of refuge; a sanctuary.

oar

English

(wikipedia oar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An implement used to propel a boat or a ship in the water, having a flat blade at one end, being rowed from the other end and being normally fastened to the vessel.
  • An oarsman; a rower.
  • He is a good oar .
  • (zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
  • Synonyms

    * (implement used to propel a boat) paddle

    Derived terms

    * stick one's oar in

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To row; to propel with oars.
  • *
  • Turning the long tables upside down — and there were twelve of them — they seated themselves, one behind another, within the upturned table tops as though they were boats and were about to oar their way into some fabulous ocean.

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    zoar

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place of refuge; a sanctuary.
  • Synonyms

    * haven * refuge * sanctuary ----