Sal vs Sav - What's the difference?
sal | sav |
(chemistry, obsolete) salt
Shorea robusta , a dipterocarpaceous tree.
* 1989 , Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement (page 18)
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A saveloy.
* 1982 , , NZ, Predicament , The Dunmore Press,
* 2007 , Gilda O'Neill, Rough Justice , William Heinemann, UK,
* 2008 , Deborah Penrith, Live & Work in Australia , Crimson Publishing, UK,
As nouns the difference between sal and sav
is that sal is salt while sav is a saveloy.As a proper noun Sal
is a diminutive of the male given names Samuel and Salvador.As an adjective sav is
a shorter form of savage|lang=en (unpleasant or unfair).sal
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(-)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 volatileEtymology 2
Alternative forms
* saul, shalaNoun
(en noun)- As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.
Anagrams
* ----sav
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of saveloy.Noun
(en noun)page 68,
- “Well, I don?t know what you?ll think. I?m only saying this to show what you?ve all done for me, but last Christmas dinner I had cold savs .”
- There was silence and then Mervyn added with a break in his voice, “Saveloys .”
page 397,
- ‘Your turn today, Lil,’ he said. ‘Fish and chips for me. No, wait, I?ll have savs , faggots and pease pudding.’
page 176,
- The menu of the average fish and chip shop will also offerbattered savs /Pluto pups (these are basically saveloy sausages with a fried batter on a stick, dipped in tomato ketchup) as well as a choice of homemade marinated pickles.