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Peanut vs Walnut - What's the difference?

peanut | walnut |

As nouns the difference between peanut and walnut

is that peanut is a legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant species: Arachis hypogaea while walnut is a hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.

As a verb peanut

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

As an adjective walnut is

having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

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

    * ----

    walnut

    English

    (wikipedia walnut) (Juglans)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans .
  • A nut of the walnut tree.
  • Wood of the walnut tree.
  • Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
  • Derived terms

    * * black walnut * * * *

    See also

    * butternut * hickory *