Olive vs Slive - What's the difference?
olive | slive |
An evergreen tree, , cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
The wood of the olive tree.
A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
(anatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
(cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
Any shell of the genus and allied genera; so called from the shape.
(UK, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
(transitive, obsolete, or, dialectal) To cut; split; separate.
(transitive, obsolete, or, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To cut or slice something off; separate by slicing.
(dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To sneak; skulk; proceed in a sly way; creep.
As nouns the difference between olive and slive
is that olive is an evergreen tree, species: Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it while slive is a slice or sliver; slip, chip.As an adjective olive
is of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.As a proper noun Olive
is {{given name|female|from=English}}.As a verb slive is
to cut; split; separate.olive
English
(wikipedia olive)Noun
(en noun)- a beef olive
- olives of veal