Pork vs Beacon - What's the difference?
pork | beacon |
(uncountable) The meat of a pig; swineflesh.
(US, politics, slang, pejorative) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his or her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
* Gay
(nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
:* A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger; also a signal mark on land. (FM 55-501).
A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
That which gives notice of danger.
* Shakespeare
To act as a beacon.
To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
As nouns the difference between pork and beacon
is that pork is (uncountable) the meat of a pig; swineflesh while beacon is a signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.As verbs the difference between pork and beacon
is that pork is (transitive|slang|vulgar|usually|of a male) to have sex with (someone) while beacon is to act as a beacon.pork
English
Noun
(-)- Muslims are not allowed to eat pork .
Synonyms
* (meat of a pig) pigmeat, swinefleshDerived terms
* long pork * (US political slang) pork barrel * pork chop * pork pie * pork sword * porker * porky * sea porkSee also
(wikipedia pork) * bacon * ham * pig * porcupine * swineSynonyms
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beacon
English
(wikipedia beacon)Noun
(en noun)- No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar.
- Modest doubt is called / The beacon of the wise.
Derived terms
* aerobeacon * day beacon * radio beacon * web beaconSee also
* cairn * leading mark * navigation aid * navigation mark * radar reflector * sea mark, seamarkVerb
(en verb)- That beacons the darkness of heaven. — Campbell.