Scad vs Spad - What's the difference?
scad | spad |
As a noun scad is any of several fish, of the family carangidae, from the western atlantic. As an adjective spad is thin, tiny, young. As a verb spad is .
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
scad English
Noun
( en noun)
Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
A large number or quantity (usually used in the plural).
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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.
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