Sister vs Scissor - What's the difference?
sister | scissor |
A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
A female member of a religious community; a nun.
(British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
* 1985 , (Eurythmics) and (Aretha Franklin), Who’s Zoomin' Who? :
(slang) A black woman.
(informal) A form of address to a woman.
* What’s up, sister ?
A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
* Thank you, sister'''. I would like to thank the '''sister who just spoke.
(attributively) Of or relating to an entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierachical relationship with another.
(usually, attributively) In the same class.
(construction) To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
(obsolete) To be sister to; to resemble closely.
(rare) One blade on a pair of scissors.
(noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick'', ''scissor hold'' (wrestling), ''scissor jack .
To cut using, or as if using scissors.
To excise or expunge something from a text.
To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
(skating) To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.
As nouns the difference between sister and scissor
is that sister is title of respect for an adult female member of a religious or fraternal order while scissor is (rare) one blade on a pair of scissors.As a verb scissor is
to cut using, or as if using scissors.sister
English
Noun
(en-noun)- My sister is always driving me crazy.
- Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.
- Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister .
- [song title] Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves
- sister''' publication, '''''sister''' city'', '''''sister projects
- sister''' ships'', '''''sister facility
Synonyms
* (woman or girl with the same parents) (slang) sis * (member of religious community) nun, sistren * (supervisory nurse) charge nurse * darling, dear, love, (US) lady, miss, (northern UK) pet * affiliate, affiliatedAntonyms
* (with regards to gender) brotherHypernyms
* (daughter of common parents) siblingDerived terms
* big sister * half-sister * kid sister * little sister * sis * sissy * sister city * sisterhood * sister-in-law * sisterly * sister ship * stepsister * weak sisterVerb
(en verb)- I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.
- (Shakespeare)
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English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* scissor kick * scissor sister * scissor tackle * scissorbill * scissorlike * scissorwiseVerb
(en verb)- The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record.
- ''The runner scissored over the hurdles.