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Sheep vs Sheepdip - What's the difference?

sheep | sheepdip |

As nouns the difference between sheep and sheepdip

is that sheep is a woolly ruminant of the genus ovis while sheepdip is a liquid or lotion used to wash the fleece of sheep.

sheep

English

Noun

(sheep)
  • A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis .
  • A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.
  • (chiefly, humorous)

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * black sheep * sheepdog * sheepfold * sheepish * sheeple * sheepskin * shoop (chiefly-humorous back-formation)

    Descendants

    * Abenaki: (l)

    See also

    * * Aries * ewe * lamb * mutton * ovine * ram * teg * tup * wether

    External links

    * * (wikipedia) * (Ovis)

    References

    Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words ----

    sheepdip

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A liquid or lotion used to wash the fleece of sheep.
  • * Episode 12, The Cyclops
    • So Joe starts telling the citizen about the foot and mouth disease and the cattle traders and taking action in the matter and the citizen sending them all to the rightabout and Bloom coming out with his sheepdip for the scab and a hoose drench for coughing calves and the guaranteed remedy for timber tongue.

    Related terms

    * sheep-dip