Pear vs Spade - What's the difference?
pear | spade |
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).
A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
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A playing card marked with the symbol .
(offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.
(videogaming) To collect and statistically analyze data, for the purpose of determining the underlying random number generator structure or numeric formula.
As a noun pear
is an edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.As an adjective spade is
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(en noun)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 PearAnagrams
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(wikipedia spade)Etymology 1
From (etyl) spadu, spada, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- 'Make your mind easy,' Ratsey said; 'I have dug too often in this graveyard for any to wonder if they see me with a spade .'
- I've got only one spade in my hand.