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Pear vs County - What's the difference?

pear | county |

As nouns the difference between pear and county

is that pear is an edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem while county is the land ruled by a count or a countess.

As an adjective county is

characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.

pear

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.
  • (also'' pear tree ) A type of fruit tree (''Pyrus communis ).
  • The wood of the pear tree.
  • Choke pear (a torture device).

    • Derived terms

    * alligator pear * anchovy-pear * apple-pear * apples and pears * Asian pear * avocado pear * balsam pear * butter-pear * cactus pear * Callery pear * Chinese pear, Chinese white pear * choke-pear * European pear * garlic pear * grape pear * greening-pear * hard pear * Japanese pear * Korean pear * Le Conte pear * Malvern pear * Moorcroft pear * Nashi pear * pear-apple * pear blight * pear drop * pear-encrinite * pear-gauge * pear-haw * pear leaf blister mite * pear leaf blister moth * pear leaf-curling midge, pear leaf midge * pear-louse * pear midge * pearmonger * pear orchard * pear oyster scale * pear-plum * pear psylla * pear-quince * pear-shaped * pear-shell * pear-slug * pear-sucker * pear-thorn * pear thrips * pear tree * pear-wise * pear-withe * pear-wood * peary * perry * prickly pear * sand Pear * snow pear * sugar-pear * snowy pear * Stinking Bishop pear * strawberry pear * Taiwan pear * vegetable pear * vine-pear * wax pear * willowleaf pear, willow-leafed pear * wooden pear * Ya Pear

    Anagrams

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    county

    English

    Noun

    (counties)
  • (historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
  • An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.
  • A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
    • traditional county

    Usage notes

    * In American usage, counties are almost always designated as such, with the word "County" capitalized and following the name — e.g., "Lewis County", rarely "Lewis", and never "County Lewis." * In British usage, counties are referenced without designation — e.g. "Kent" and never "Kent County". The exception is Durham, which is often "County Durham" (but never "Durham County"). An organisation such as Kent County Council is the "County Council" of "Kent" and not the "Council" of "Kent County". * In Irish usage, counties are frequently referenced, but like Durham precede the name — e.g., "County Cork" or "Cork" and never "Cork County."

    Derived terms

    * countyhood * countywide * another county heard from * traditional county

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
  • *1979 , , Smiley's People , Folio Society 2010, p. 274:
  • *:She was a tall girl and county , with Hilary's walk: she seemed to topple even when she sat.