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Sow vs Weave - What's the difference?

sow | weave |

In transitive terms the difference between sow and weave

is that sow is to scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds) while weave is to make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.

sow

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) sowe, from (etyl) sugu, from (etyl) (ae)). See also swine .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A female pig.
  • A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
  • A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
  • * 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 160:
    • In England, it was generally termed a 'sow' , if the weight was above 10 cwts., if below, it was termed a 'pig' from which the present term 'pig iron' is derived.
  • (derogatory, slang) A contemptible, often fat woman.
  • A sowbug.
  • (military) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
    • (Craig)
    Usage notes
    The plural form swine is now obsolete in this sense.
    Synonyms
    * (mass of metal solidified in a mold) ingot * (contemptible woman) bitch, cow
    Derived terms
    * make a silk purse of a sow's ear

    See also

    * boar * hog * pig

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sowen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
    • When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.
    As you sow , so shall you reap.
  • (figurative) To spread abroad; to propagate.
  • * Addison
    • And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers.
  • (figurative) To scatter over; to besprinkle.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles.
  • * Milton
    • [He] sowed with stars the heaven.
    Synonyms
    * plant, scatter
    Derived terms
    * reap what one sows *

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms English irregular verbs English terms with multiple etymologies

    weave

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , Swedish '' .

    Verb

  • To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
    • This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.
  • To spin a cocoon or a web.
    • Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.
  • To unite by close connection or intermixture.
  • * Shakespeare
    • This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
  • * Byron
    • these words, thus woven into song
  • To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
    • to weave the plot of a story
    Related terms
    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type or way of weaving.
    • That rug has a very tight weave .
  • Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) veifa'' ‘move around, wave’, related to Latin ''vibrare .

    Verb

    (weav)
  • To move by turning and twisting.
    • The drunk weaved into another bar.
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  • To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
    • The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.
  • * Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    • Weave a circle round him thrice.

    References

    * * English irregular verbs