Rice vs Cow - What's the difference?
rice | cow |
(uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
A specific variety of this plant.
(uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces.
To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
To belittle a government emissary or similar on behalf of a more powerful militaristic state.
To harvest wild rice Zinzania sp.
A female domesticated ox or other bovine, especially an adult after she has had a calf.
More generally, any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age.
The meat of such animals as food (more commonly called beef).
The female of larger species of mammal, including bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
(derogatory, informal) A woman who is considered despicable in some way, especially one considered to be fat, lazy, ugly, argumentative, mean or spiteful.
(informal) Anything that is annoyingly difficult, awkward or graceless.
(informal) A conniption fit or hissy fit; a state of agitation .
(mining) A wedge or brake to stop a machine or car; a chock.
To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
* Shakespeare
(UK, dialect) A chimney cowl.
* 1836 , Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers ?
As nouns the difference between rice and cow
is that rice is cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food while cow is a female domesticated ox or other bovine, especially an adult after she has had a calf.As verbs the difference between rice and cow
is that rice is to squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces while cow is to intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of. Found primarily in the passive voice.As a proper noun Rice
is {{surname|patronymic|from=Welsh}} derived from Welsh given name Rhys.As a phrase RICE
is rest, ice, compression, and elevation. A common treatment method for soft tissue injuries.As an acronym COW is
acronym of w:Copy-on-write|copy-on-write|lang=en.rice
English
(wikipedia rice)Noun
(en noun)Verb
Derived terms
* arborio rice * brown rice * golden rice * Indian rice * jollof rice * mealie rice * Patna rice * brewer's rice * broken rice * rice bowl * iron rice bowl * rice grass * rice leafhopper * rice paper * rice pudding * rice rat * rice weevil * ricebird * rice-paper plant * ricer * Spanish rice * sticky rice * white rice * wild riceSee also
* basmati * bhelpuri * California roll * dosa * gumbo * idli * idli * jambalaya * khir * mirin * mochi * nasi goreng * onigiri * pad thai * paella * pilaf, pilau * rangoli * risotto * sake * samshu * sushiAnagrams
*cow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia cow) (en-noun) (see usage notes)- That website is a real cow to navigate.
- (Knight)
Usage notes
The plural cows is the normal plural for multiple individuals, while cattle is used in a more collective sense. The umlaut plurals ky, kye and kine are archaic and no longer in common use.Synonyms
* bitch * bastard, bitch, bugger (UK)Antonyms
* (female domesticated ox or other bovine) bullSee also
* (meat) chicken, pig, pork, goat, lamb, muttonDerived terms
(terms derived from "cow") * cowboy * cow catcher, cowcatcher * cow corner * cowgirl * cowherd * cowmilk, cow milk * cowpoke * cowpool * cowpuncher * cowshed * cow shot * cow tipping * cash cow * have a cow * holy cow * sacred cowSee also
* * beef * bovine * bull * calf * cattle * heifer * steer * low * moo * ox * vealEtymology 2
Probably from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- Con artists are not cowed by the law.
- To vanquish a people already cowed .
Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- Who could live to gaze from day to day on bricks and slates, who had once felt the influence of a scene like this? Who could continue to exist, where there are no cows but the cows on the chimneypots; nothing redolent of Pan but pan-tiles;