Spikes vs Thorn - What's the difference?
spikes | thorn |
(plural only) A pair of athletic shoes equipped with spikes on the sole and heel for better traction.
(spike)
A sharp protective spine of a plant.
Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns.
(figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
* Bible, 2 Corinthians xii. 7
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A letter of the Latin alphabet (capital:'' Þ''', ''small:'' '''þ'''), borrowed by Old English from the futhark to represent a dental fricative, then not distinguished from eth, but in modern use (in Icelandic and other languages, but no longer in English) used only for the voiceless dental fricative found in English '' '''th igh
* See also Etymology of ye (definite article).
To pierce with, or as if with, a
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As nouns the difference between spikes and thorn
is that spikes is plural of lang=en while thorn is a sharp protective spine of a plant.As verbs the difference between spikes and thorn
is that spikes is third-person singular of spike while thorn is to pierce with, or as if with, a thorn.As a proper noun Thorn is
{{surname|topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone living near a thorn bush.spikes
English
Noun
(head)Synonyms
* Shoes equipped with spikes on the sole : cleats, studsVerb
(head)thorn
English
(wikipedia thorn)Noun
(en noun)- the white thorn'''; the cockspur '''thorn
- There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.
- The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares, / Be only mine.
Derived terms
* thorn apple * thorn broom * thornbush * thorn devil * thorn hopper * thorn in one's side * Thornton * thornyVerb
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