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Peanut vs Onion - What's the difference?

peanut | onion |

As nouns the difference between peanut and onion

is that peanut is a legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant species: Arachis hypogaea while onion is a monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

As a verb peanut

is to pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

peanut

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant .
  • Synonyms

    * goober, goober pea, groundnut

    Derived terms

    * peanut butter * peanutlike * peanutty

    Verb

    (peanutt)
  • To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    onion

    English

    (wikipedia onion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa ), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  • The bulb of such a plant.
  • * 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
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  • (uncountable) The genus as a whole.
  • A ball.
  • (colloquial, chiefly, archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
  • Derived terms

    See also

    * chive * scallion * shallot

    References