Swan vs Spoon - What's the difference?
swan | spoon |
Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus , most of which have white plumage.
(figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
(British) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
* 2010 , Lee Rourke, The Canal , Melville House Publishing (2010), ISBN 9781935554905,
* 2013 , Tilly Bagshawe, One Summer’s Afternoon , HarperCollins (2013), ISBN 9780007472550,
(US, slang) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
* 1907 December, J. D. Archer, Foiling an eavesdropper'', in ''Telephony , volume 14, page 345:
* 1940 , (Raymond Chandler), Farewell, My Lovely , Penguin 2010, page 214:
An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
* Shakespeare
An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
(sports, archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
(fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a table spoon.
(dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
(figuratively, slang, archaic) A simpleton, a spooney.
A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
To serve using a spoon.
(dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
* 1913 ,
(transitive, or, intransitive, slang, of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
(tennis) To hit weakly
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As nouns the difference between swan and spoon
is that swan is any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus cygnus , most of which have white plumage while spoon is an implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.As verbs the difference between swan and spoon
is that swan is (british|intransitive) to travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way or swan can be (us|slang) to declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions) while spoon is to serve using a spoon or spoon can be .swan
English
(wikipedia swan)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* swanling * swan species: black swan, black-necked swan, mute swan, trumpeter swan, tundra swan, whooper swan * swan boat * swan dive * swanherd * swannery * swansdown * swanskin * swan songSee also
* cob (adult male) * cygnet (epicene, young) * lamentation * pen (adult female)Verb
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- He swans' around that stinking office in his expensive clothes that are a little too tight for comfort, he ' swans around that stinking office without a care in the world.
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- One of the few strokes of good luck Emma had had in recent days was the news that Tatiana Flint-Hamilton, her only real rival for top billing as 'most photographable girl' at today's event had decided to swan off to Sardinia instead, leaving the limelight entirely to Emma.
Usage notes
* In the sense "to travel", usually used as part of the phrase "to swan about" or "to swan around".Etymology 2
Probably from dialectal , contraction of "I shall warrant"; later seen as a minced form of (term).Verb
(swann)- "Well, I swan , man, I had a better opinion of you than that."
- ‘She slammed the door so hard I figured a window'd break .’ ‘I swan ,’ I said.
Anagrams
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----spoon
English
(wikipedia spoon)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
- (Hood)
Derived terms
* spoonbill * spooner * spoon bread * spoon-feed, spoon-fed * dessert spoon, dessertspoon * gag me with a spoon * measuring spoon * runcible spoon * silver spoon * soup spoon, soupspoon * tablespoon * teaspoon * wooden spoonVerb
(en verb)- Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate.
- Do you think we spoon and do? We only talk.
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