Sand vs Shoe - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between sand and shoe

is that sand is while shoe is to put shoes on one's feet.

As a noun shoe is

a protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.

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

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.

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shoe

English

(wikipedia shoe)

Noun

(en-noun) (shoon is archaic or regional)

A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.

Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.

A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.

Throw the shoe from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.

A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe .

Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes , or they will wear out unevenly.

# A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.

# A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.

# The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

# (architecture) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.

# A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.

# An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.

# An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

# An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.

# (engineering) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; called also slipper and gib.

# Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).

Usage notes

The plural shoon is archaic and no longer in common use.

Hyponyms

* moccasin * pump * sandal * slipper * sneaker * stiletto * flip flop * See also

Derived terms

{{der3, if the shoe fits , the shoe is on the other foot , shoebeam, shoegear , shoe brush, shoebrush , shoegazing , shoehorn , shoemaker , shoe polish , shoeshine , stand in someone's shoes}}

Verb

To put shoes on one's feet.

* …men and women clothed and shod for the ascent…'' — , ''The Gospel Delivered in Arès , 26:6, 1995

To put horseshoes on a horse.

* 1874 — (Thomas Hardy), , chapter XXXII

"Old Jimmy Harris only shoed her last week, and I'd swear to his make among ten thousand."

To equip an object with a protection against wear.

The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.

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