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Putz vs Swot - What's the difference?

putz | swot |

As a noun putz

is plaster (mixture for coating walls and ceilings).

As an acronym swot is

(business) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats.

putz

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , modern German putzen.

Noun

(es)
  • (slang) fool, idiot
  • (slang) jerk
  • (slang) penis
    • Derived terms
    * putzhead, putz-head, putz head

    Verb

    (es)
  • (slang) waste time
    • Stop putzing around.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) putz; compare archaic German . Compare the above.

    Alternative forms

    * Putz

    Noun

    (es)
  • A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree.
  • * 1995 , Joe L. Wheeler, Christmas in My Heart , Book 4, pages 12-13:
    • The American custom of erecting a putz' seems to have originated with the Moravians but the custom long ago spread to non-Moravian households. Essentially, the ' putz is a landscape, built on the floor or on a table or portable platform.
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    swot

    English

    Verb

    (swott)
  • (intransitive, slang, British) To study with effort or determination.
  • To study something with effort or determination (swot up on).
    • You should swot up on your French before travelling to Paris.

    Derived terms

    * swot up on * swot vac

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, British) one who swots
  • (slang, British) work
  • (slang, British) vigorous study at an educational institution

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