Papaw vs Papad - What's the difference?
papaw | papad |
A tree, Carica papaya , of tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.
(US, dialect, Southern US) grandfather, especially paternal grandfather
(US, dialect, Southern US, less commonly) father
A lentil variety of papadam.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 6, author=Lucy Corne, title=Grand trunks: Celebrating the elephants of Jaipur, work=Toronto Star
, passage=As I attempted to hit a six with a half-full bottle of mineral water, a papad vendor approached us to laugh at our cricketing abilities.}}
As nouns the difference between papaw and papad
is that papaw is a tree, carica papaya , of tropical america, belonging to the order brassicales, and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit or papaw can be (us|dialect|southern us) grandfather, especially paternal grandfather while papad is a lentil variety of papadam.papaw
English
Etymology 1
FromNoun
(en noun)See also
* pawpawEtymology 2
Related to papa .Alternative forms
* pappawNoun
(en noun)See also
* mamawpapad
English
Alternative forms
* pappadNoun
(en noun)citation