Pork vs Jetty - What's the difference?
pork | jetty |
(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 structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.
A wharf or dock extending from the shore.
(architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
(obsolete) To jut out; to project.
(archaic) Made of jet, or like jet in color.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , III.75:
* 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , vol. 1:
As nouns the difference between pork and jetty
is that pork is (uncountable) the meat of a pig; swineflesh while jetty is a structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.As verbs the difference between pork and jetty
is that pork is (transitive|slang|vulgar|usually|of a male) to have sex with (someone) while jetty is (obsolete|intransitive) to jut out; to project.As an adjective jetty is
(archaic) made of jet, or like jet in color.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
* SeeReferences
jetty
English
(wikipedia jetty)Etymology 1
From (etyl) ‘pier, jetty, causeway’. Compare jet, jutty.Noun
(jetties)Synonyms
* (protective structure) mole, breakwater * pierCoordinate terms
* (pier) quay, leveeHypernyms
* (pier) wharf, dockVerb
(en-verb)- (Florio)
Etymology 2
Adjective
(er)- those large black eyes were so blackly fringed, / The glossy rebels mocked the jetty stain [...].
- She raised her face veil [...] showing two black eyes fringed with jetty lashes, whose glances were soft and languishing and whose perfect beauty was ever blandishing [...].