Renamed vs Reamed - What's the difference?
renamed | reamed |
(rename)
To give a new name to.
An instance of .
* 2009 , Bryan O'Sullivan, Mercurial: The Definitive Guide , page 70:
(ream)
To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
* Sir Walter Scott
To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
To remove (material) by reaming.
To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
(slang) To yell at or berate.
(slang, vulgar) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way, by analogy with definition 1.
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
An abstract large amount of something.
As verbs the difference between renamed and reamed
is that renamed is (rename) while reamed is (ream).renamed
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(head)Anagrams
* *rename
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Verb
(renam)Noun
(en noun)- warning: detected divergent renames of foo to:
- bar
- quux
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*reamed
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*ream
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) reme, rem, from (etyl) . See also (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l)Verb
(en verb)- a huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret
Etymology 2
From (etyl) remen, rimen, . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l)Verb
(en verb)Etymology 3
From (etyl) reeme, from (etyl) raime, .Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- I can't go - I still have reams of work left.