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Shamrock vs Clove - What's the difference?

shamrock | clove |

As nouns the difference between shamrock and clove

is that shamrock is the trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially trifolium repens , or such a leaf from a clover-like plant while clove is a very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree or clove can be any one of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic or clove can be (label) a narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of north america first settled by the dutch.

As a verb clove is

(cleave).

shamrock

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens , or such a leaf from a clover-like plant.
    • She wore a shamrock in honor of her Irish ancestry.
  • Any of several small plants, forms of clover, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens .
    • The fields were covered with shamrocks .

    Usage notes

    * The shamrock is used as a symbol of Ireland, and is registered as a trademark by the Irish government.

    Synonyms

    * (trefoil leaf) trefoil * (any of several small plants) clover, trefoil

    See also

    * four-leaf clover

    clove

    English

    Etymology 1

    An alteration of (etyl) (m), from the first component of (etyl) . (wikipedia clove)

    Noun

  • A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
  • ), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
  • (label) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
  • * 1843 , The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge p. 202.
    • Seven pounds make a clove', 2 '''cloves''' a stone, 2 stone a tod 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. The 'Pathway' points out the etymology of the word '''cloves ; it calls them ' ''claves'' or ''nails .' It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.
  • * 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 169:
    • By a statute of 9 Hen. VI. it was ordained that the wey of cheese should contain 32 cloves of 7 lbs. each, i.e. 224 lbs., or 2 cwts.
    Derived terms
    * (clove camphor) * (clove gillyflower) * clove pink

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), cognate with , hence with the verbal etymology hereafter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any one of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic

    • Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cleave)
    • Related terms
    * cloven

    Etymology 4

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch

    • Usage notes

    * Mainly used in proper names, such as (Kaaterskill Clove) .