Saged vs Sawed - What's the difference?
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(sage)
Wise.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
* Milton
A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
* 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press (1973), § 34:
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
(Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply
(saw)
A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
A musical saw.
A sawtooth wave.
To cut (something) with a saw.
To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
To be cut with a saw.
To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
(label) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
*, Bk.V:
*:And for thy trew sawys , and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid.
(often old saw ) A saying or proverb.
(label) Opinion, idea, belief; by thy ~, in your opinion; commune ~, common opinion; common knowledge; on no ~, by no means.
*Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden
*:Þe more comoun sawe is þat Remus was i-slawe for he leep ouer þe newe walles of Rome.
(label) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
*Earl of Toulouse
*:All they assentyd to the sawe ; They thoght he spake reson and lawe.
(label) Dictate; command; decree.
*Spenser
*:[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw .
(see)
As verbs the difference between saged and sawed
is that saged is (sage) while sawed is (saw).saged
English
Verb
(head)sage
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sage (11th century), from . The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece .Adjective
(er)- All you sage counsellors, hence!
- commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
- [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
Synonyms
* sagaciousNoun
(en noun)- We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage .
Synonyms
* deep thinker, egghead, intellectual, punditDerived terms
* sagely * sageness * sage on the stage * Seven SagesSee also
* rishi * maharishiEtymology 2
From (etyl) sauge, from (etyl) salvia, from , see safe .Noun
(-)Synonyms
* (herb) ramonaDerived terms
* sagebush * Sage Derby * sage dog * sage green * sage grouse * sage tea * sage thrasher * wood sageSee also
* salviaExternal links
* (Salvia officinalis) *Etymology 3
.Verb
(sag)Usage notes
* This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems one's own post to be of little value.sawed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*saw
English
(wikipedia saw)Etymology 1
From (etyl) sawe, from (etyl) saga, .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* backsaw * band saw, bandsaw * buzz saw * chainsaw * chop saw * circular saw * coping saw * crosscut saw * fretsaw * hacksaw * handsaw * hole saw * Japanese-style handsaw * jigsaw * miter saw, mitre saw * power saw * razor-tooth saw * reciprocating saw * rift saw * rip saw * sawbones * sawhorse * sawtooth * scroll saw * table saw * tenon sawVerb
- The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
- The timber saws smoothly.
- to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
- to saw''' shingles; to '''saw out a panel