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Sal vs Tomato - What's the difference?

sal | tomato |

As nouns the difference between sal and tomato

is that sal is salt while tomato is a widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

As a proper noun Sal

is a diminutive of the male given names Samuel and Salvador.

As a verb tomato is

to pelt with tomatoes.

sal

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(-)
  • (chemistry, obsolete) salt
    • Usage notes
    Was used predominantly to form the names of various chemical compounds.
    Derived terms
    * sal absinthii * sal acetosellae * sal alembroth * sal ammoniac * sal catharticus * sal culinarius * sal cyrenaicus * sal de duobus * sal duplicatum * sal diureticus * sal enixum * sal gemmae * sal jovis * sal martis * sal microcosmicum * sal plumbi * sal Saturni * sal sedativus * sal seignette * sal soda * sal vitrioli * sal volatile

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * saul, shala

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Shorea robusta , a dipterocarpaceous tree.
  • * 1989 , Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement (page 18)
    • As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.

    Anagrams

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    tomato

    English

    (wikipedia tomato)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum , having edible fruit
  • The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture
  • * Note: The US Supreme Court in Nix v. Hedden (1893) ruled that a tomato is a vegetable.
  • A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
  • (slang) A desirable-looking woman.
    • Lookit the legs on that hot tomato !
  • (slang) A stupid act or person.

    • Synonyms

    * * (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    {{der3, beef tomato , cherry tomato , plum tomato , tomato can , tomato juice , tomato paste , , tomato sauce , tomato soup , }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to pelt with tomatoes
  • to add tomatoes to (a dish)
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