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Oregon vs Ore - What's the difference?

oregon | ore |

As a proper noun oregon

is .

As a verb ore is

to hear.

oregon

English

(wikipedia Oregon)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A northwestern state of the United States of America. Capital: Salem.
  • A city in Illinois.
  • A city in Missouri.
  • A city in Ohio.
  • A town in Wisconsin.

    • Derived terms

    * OR * Oregon alder * Oregon boot * Oregonian * Oregon myrtle

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

    * Oregon ----

    ore

    English

    (wikipedia ore)

    Noun

  • Rock that contains utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems which—at the time of the rock's evaluation and proposal for extraction—are able to be separated from its neighboring minerals and processed at a cost that does not exceed those materials' present-day economic values.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}

    See also

    * (wikipedia "ore")

    Anagrams

    * * ----