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Spaad vs Spad - What's the difference?

spaad | spad |

As nouns the difference between spaad and spad

is that spaad is a kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus while spad is a government adviser, often in a political or media role.

As an initialism SPAD is

signal passed at danger.

As a verb SPAD is

to pass a signal at danger.

spaad

English

Noun

(-)
  • (mineralogy, obsolete) A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus.
  • * Woodward
    • Of English talc, the coarser sort is called plaster or parget: the finer, spaad .

    spad

    English

    Alternative forms

    * SpAd

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A government adviser, often in a political or media role.
  • * 2009 , Ben Wright, Hidden world of the political advisers, BBC:
    • A successful stint as a spad can be a crucial political apprenticeship - as many of the current crop of professional politicians including the Miliband brothers, David Cameron and George Osborne can testify - so long as they stay in the dark.
  • * 2012 , Avoid The Thick of It-style spad appointments, ministers told, The Guardian :
    • The hit BBC sitcom satirising the inner workings of Whitehall and the so-called spads contains "more than a grain of truth", the head of the cross-party public administration select committee has warned.