What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Saad vs Spad - What's the difference?

saad | spad |

As a noun saad

is the letter in the arabic script.

As an adjective spad is

thin, tiny, young.

As a verb spad is

.

saad

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The letter in the Arabic script.
  • ----

    spad

    English

    Alternative forms

    * SpAd

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A government adviser, often in a political or media role.
  • * 2009 , Ben Wright, Hidden world of the political advisers, BBC:
  • A successful stint as a spad can be a crucial political apprenticeship - as many of the current crop of professional politicians including the Miliband brothers, David Cameron and George Osborne can testify - so long as they stay in the dark.
  • * 2012 , Avoid The Thick of It-style spad appointments, ministers told, The Guardian :
  • The hit BBC sitcom satirising the inner workings of Whitehall and the so-called spads contains "more than a grain of truth", the head of the cross-party public administration select committee has warned.