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Skewer vs Skewed - What's the difference?

skewer | skewed |

As verbs the difference between skewer and skewed

is that skewer is to impale on a skewer while skewed is past tense of skew.

As a noun skewer

is a long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.

As an adjective skewed is

twisted at an angle.

skewer

English

(wikipedia skewer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
  • (chess) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. Compare pin.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To impale on a skewer.
  • (chess) To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
  • To severely mock or discredit.
  • * 26 June 2014 , A.A Dowd, AV Club Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler spoof rom-com clichés in They Came Together [http://www.avclub.com/review/paul-rudd-and-amy-poehler-spoof-rom-com-cliches-th-206220]
  • Parody, in its purest form, is an act of both mockery and appreciation. True masters of the practice possess a bone-deep understanding of their targets; they skewer because they love—or at least, because they’ve done their homework.

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    skewed

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Twisted at an angle.
  • Biased, distorted (pertaining to statistics or information).
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (skew)
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