Sawed vs Pawed - What's the difference?
sawed | pawed |
(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)
(paw)
Having (a specified kind or number of) paws.
As verbs the difference between sawed and pawed
is that sawed is past tense of saw while pawed is past tense of paw.As an adjective pawed is
having (a specified kind or number of) paws.sawed
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*saw
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(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
Etymology 2
From (etyl) sawe, from (etyl) sagu, . More at (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 3
See see . Cognate with Dutch zag, German sah, Danish .Verb
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*pawed
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(-)- a muddy-pawed puppy
- some four-pawed creature