Shears vs Sears - What's the difference?
shears | sears |
(plurale tantum) A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc
The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured.
An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers.
(shear)
(sear)
Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument.
To wither; to dry up.
(figurative) To mark permanently, as if by burning.
A scar produced by searing
Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
As verbs the difference between shears and sears
is that shears is third-person singular of shear while sears is third-person singular of sear.As a noun shears
is plural of lang=en.As a proper noun Sears is
{{surname|lang=en}.shears
English
Noun
(head)- the shears of a lathe or planer
Usage notes
* The tool was once used in the singular.Verb
(head)Anagrams
*sears
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *sear
English
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) seer, seere, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
From (etyl) seeren, seren, from (etyl) , Greek hauos'' ("dry"), Sanskrit ''s?sa'' ("drought"). The use in firearms terminology may relate to French ''serrer ("to grip").Verb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
- The events of that day were seared into her memory.