Pie vs Cabbage - What's the difference?
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A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling.
Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
(Northeastern US) Pizza.
(figuratively) The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.
* It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead. But when the pie is shrinking, social groups are more likely to turn on each other.'' — , ''[http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/04/the-deepest-dangers-facing-the-united-states.html Why It’s Time to Worry] , Newsweek 2010-12-04
(letterpress) A disorderly mess of spilt type.
(cricket) An especially badly bowled ball.
(pejorative) a gluttonous person.
A pie chart.
* 1986 , Carolyn Sorensen, ?Henry J. Stock, Department of Education Computer Graphics Guide (page 8)
(slang) The vulva.
* 1981 , William Kotzwinkle, Jack in the Box
* 2010 , W. A. Moltinghorne, Magnolia Park (page 238)
To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
(historical) The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to 1/192 of a rupee or 1/12 of an anna.
* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales , Folio Society 2005, page 117:
An edible plant ( ) having a head of green leaves.
(uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
(countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
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(uncountable, slang) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
(uncountable, slang) Money.
(uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
The cabbage palmetto.
To form a head like that of the cabbage.
To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
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As nouns the difference between pie and cabbage
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to form a head like that of the cabbage.pie
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), unknown origin.Noun
- The family had steak and kidney pie''' for dinner and cherry '''pie for dessert.
- Shepherd's pie is made of mince covered with mashed potato.
- Pies are best for comparing the components of only one or two totals.
- "Yeah, take it off!" "SHOW US YOUR PIE !" The brunette opened the catch on her G-string and let the sequinned cloth slip down, teasing them with it.
- Yeah, some guys like to eat the old hairy pie . Women, too, or so I've heard.
Derived terms
* apple pie * chicken pie * cottage pie * cream pie * cutie pie * easy as pie * have one's fingers in many pies * humble pie * meat pie * mince pie * mud pie * party pie * pie chart * pie floater * pie in the sky * pie-eater * pie-eyed * pie-faced * piehole * pieing * piemaker * piet * pork pie * pot pie * shepherd's pie * steak and kidney pie * sweet as pie * who ate all the piesSee also
* pastie * pastyVerb
(d)- I'd like to see someone pie the chairman of the board.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) pie, from (etyl) .Derived terms
* piebaldEtymology 3
From (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- I gave him all the money in my possession, Rs.9.8.5. – nine rupees, eight annas, and five pie – for I always keep small change as bakshish when I am in camp.
Anagrams
* English terms with unknown etymologies ----cabbage
English
(wikipedia cabbage)Noun
- Cabbage is good for you.
- After the car crash, he became a cabbage .
Synonyms
* (plant) cabbage plant, cole * (leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable) cole, greens * (person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage) vegetableVerb
(cabbag)- Your tailorcabbages whole yards of cloth.
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