Peculiar vs Pecan - What's the difference?
peculiar | pecan |
Out of the ordinary; odd; curious; unusual.
* 1800 , , Volume 41,
* 2001 , Jack Schaefer, Wendell Minor, Shane ,
* 2008', Stephen Arnott, '''''Peculiar Proverbs: Weird Words of Wisdom from Around the World .
Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
* 1855 , ,
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* 1895 , , XX: Anomalous Islands: Celebes,
(dated) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.
* Bible, Titus ii. 14
* Hooker
(dated) Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
* Milton
* Dryden
That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
* South
(UK, canon law) A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.
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A deciduous tree, , of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.
* 1885 , Howard Seely, A Ranchman's stories , page 154:
* 1978 April, in the Texas Monthly , page 51:
A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.
* 1982 , Beth Henley, Crimes of the heart , page 17:
A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut.
* 2005 , in The Condensed Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Joseph Pizzorno, Lara Pizzorno; Atria Books, ISBN 978-0-7434-7402-3):
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As nouns the difference between peculiar and pecan
is that peculiar is that which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic while pecan is a deciduous tree, , of the central and southern united states, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.As an adjective peculiar
is out of the ordinary; odd; curious; unusual.peculiar
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The sky had a peculiar appearance before the storm.
- It would be rather peculiar to see a kangaroo hopping down a city street.
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- I saw nothing peculiar in his conduct, and thought that his arrangement of the ballot box was perfect.
- "Wasn't it peculiar ," I heard mother say, "How he wouldn't talk about himself?"
- "Peculiar ?" said father. "Well, yes, in a way."
- "Everything about him is peculiar ." Mother sounded as if she was stirred up and interested. "I never saw a man quite like him before."
- Kangaroos are peculiar to Australia.
- This philosopher found his ideas especially in all that is practical,[29] that is, which rests upon freedom, which in its turn ranks under cognitions that are the peculiar product of reason.
- But of late years extensive Tertiary deposits of Miocene age have been discovered, showing that it is not a mere congeries of volcanoes; it [Iceland] is connected with the British Islands and with Greenland by seas less than 500 fathoms deep; and it possesses a few mammalia, one of which is peculiar', and at least three ' peculiar species of birds.
- And purify unto himself a peculiar people.
- hymns that Christianity hath peculiar unto itself
- while each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat
- My fate is Juno's most peculiar care.
Synonyms
* (out of the ordinary) strange, uncommon, unusual * (common or usual in a particular place or circumstance) specificAntonyms
* (out of the ordinary) common, usual * (common or usual in a particular place or circumstance) common, general, universalDerived terms
* peculiarity * peculiarly * peculiarnessSee also
* (wikipedia "peculiar")Noun
(en noun)- Revenge is the peculiar of Heaven.
References
pecan
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(wikipedia pecan)Alternative forms
* paccan, peccanNoun
(en noun)- And away on the farther bank, a motte of huge pecans , standing like giant sentinels over the dwarfed landscape, filled the eye with remote vistas in their shady, twilight aisles. It was very still.
- Within its ornamental fence, the 8/10-acre property includes several of the largest live oaks in the area — plus huge pecans and stately magnolias.
- MEG. (Meg takes out two pecans and tries to open them by cracking them together. ) Come on ... Crack, you demons! Crack!
- LENNY. We have a nutcracker!
- MEG. (Trying with her teeth. ) Ah, where's the sport in a nutcracker? Where's the challenge?
- Each shell contains two pecans , usually plump and oblong in shape, although some varieties are round or pointed.
