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Pumpkin vs Shirt - What's the difference?

pumpkin | shirt |

As nouns the difference between pumpkin and shirt

is that pumpkin is a domesticated plant, in species cucurbita pepo , similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon while shirt is an article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

As a verb shirt is

to cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.

pumpkin

English

(wikipedia pumpkin)

Alternative forms

* (sense) punkin

Noun

(en noun)
  • A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo , similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
  • The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
  • * 1904 , , The Marvelous Land of Oz , [http://www.literature.org/authors/baum-l-frank/the-marvelous-land-of-oz/chapter-01.html]:
    • There were pumpkins in Mombi’s corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time.
  • The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.
  • (Australia) Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita''; ''known in the US as winter squash .
  • (US)
  • * 1991', (John Prine), Pat McLaughlin, ''Daddy’s Little '''Pumpkin'' (song), '' :
    • You must be daddy’s little pumpkin .

    Derived terms

    * pumpkineer * pumpkinification * pumpkinless * pumpkin pie * pumpkinseed

    See also

    * calabash * calabaza * gourd * marrow * squash English affectionate terms

    shirt

    English

    (wikipedia shirt)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.
  • * Addison
    • Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts .
  • * Bishop Fisher
    • She had her shirts and girdles of hair.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 9 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Holt was furious referee Michael Oliver refused to then award him a penalty after Ledley King appeared to pull his shirt and his anger was compounded when Spurs immediately levelled.}}
  • a member of the shirt-wearing team.

    • Derived terms

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.
    • (Dryden)

    Anagrams

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