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Sand vs Sandwich - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sand and sandwich

is that sand is rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction while sandwich is a dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other food.

As adjectives the difference between sand and sandwich

is that sand is of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand while sandwich is of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.

As verbs the difference between sand and sandwich

is that sand is to abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it while sandwich is to place one item between two other, usually flat, items.

As a proper noun Sandwich is

a town in Kent, south-east England, one of the historic Cinque Ports.

sand

English

(wikipedia sand)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (label) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see ), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
  • *
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand .}}
  • A beach or other expanse of sand.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
    • , chapter=7, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand . […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!}}
  • Personal courage (used before or around 1920s).
  • * {{quote-book, year=1979, title=Bendigo Shafter, first=Louis, last=L'Amour
    • , authorlink=Louis L'Amour, isbn=9780553123548, ol=24369989M , passage=There was youngsters all around him, and he stood there lookin’ at me and never turned a hair. He had sand , that Morrell.}}
  • A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  • A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
  • A single grain of sand.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (label) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • The sands are numbered that make up my life.

    Derived terms

    * built on sand * bury one's head in the sand * Great Sandy Desert * kick sand in somebody's face * pound sand * oil sand * quicksand * sandbag * sandbank * sandbar * sand bath * sandblast * sand-blind * sandbox * sandbox tree * sandboy * sandbur * sand-cast * sand casting * sandcastle * sand crack * sand dab * sand dollar * sand dune * sand eel * sander * sanderling * sand flea * sandfly * sand fly * sandfly fever * sandglass * sandgroper * sandgrouse * sand hill * sandhill crane * sandhog * sand hopper * sandiness * sand iron * sand lance * sand leek * sand lily * sand lizard * sandman * sand martin * sand painting * sandpaper * sand pear * sandpiper * sandpit * sand shark * sand shoe * sandshoe * sandsoap * sandspit * sandstorm * sand table * sand trap * sand verbena * sand viper * sand wedge * sandworm * sandwort * sandy * sand yacht * sandyacht * tar sand

    See also

    (Other terms) * arena * arenicolous * psammite * sabulous * shar-pei * tombolo

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
  • To cover with sand.

    • See also

    *

    Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words ----

    sandwich

    English

    (wikipedia sandwich) (Structured composite sandwich)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other food.
  • (by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.

    • Synonyms

    * See

    Hyponyms

    * hamburger, burger * -burger * patty melt

    Derived terms

    {{der3, club sandwich , Dagwood sandwich , Dutch sandwich , knuckle sandwich , open sandwich , sandwich spread , sandwich board , sandwichable , sandwichy , soup sandwich}}

    Descendants

    * Arabic: * Catalan: (l) * Chinese: *: Mandarin: * Czech: * Danish: (l) * Dutch: (l) * English: (l) (eye dialect) * Esperanto: * French: (l) *: Norman French: (l) * German: (l) * Greek: * Hawaiian: (l) * Hindi: * Hungarian: (l) * Japanese: * Jèrriais: (l) * Korean: * Marshallese: * Norwegian: (l) * Persian: * Portuguese: (Brazil), (l) (Portugal) * Romanian: * Russian: * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: *: Roman: * Sinhalese: * Slovene: * Spanish: * Swedish: (l) * Turkish: * Urdu: * Vietnamese: * Volapük:

    Verb

    (es)
  • To place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • (figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=April 11 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley. }}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.

    • Usage notes

    * The adjective sense is used primarily by restaurants specializing in barbeque, and does not imply that the meal includes an actual sandwich. English eponyms English refractory feminine rhymes ----