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Plumber vs Pinus - What's the difference?

plumber | pinus |

As nouns the difference between plumber and pinus

is that plumber is one who works in or with lead while pinus is any member of the genus Pinus; a pine.

plumber

English

Noun

(wikipedia plumber) (en noun)
  • One who works in or with lead.
  • One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.
  • # One who installs piping for potable and waste water.
  • (British) In the Royal Navy, nickname for an apprentice, a boy aged 16 to 18, who is trained in technical skills at the Dockyard Schools to become an artificer.

    • Derived terms

    * plumber block * plumber's cleavage * plumber's crack * plumber's helper * plumber's snake * plumbery

    Related terms

    * plumbing

    References

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    pinus

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (botany) Any member of the genus Pinus ; a pine.
  • * 1839 , J. C. Loudon, The Gardener's Magazine (page 420)
    • I have been invited to see the garden of Baron Zanoli, situated on the high road from Monza to Milan, in which I am told there are fine exotic trees and shrubs, and especially a rich collection of pinuses .
  • * 1853 , George Greenwood, The tree-lifter (page 265)
    • As the generality of pinuses grow by nature into magnificent and gigantic forest-trees, they should, I think, be planted in our parks as well as in our flower-gardens, shrubberies, and lawns.
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