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Swad vs Swat - What's the difference?

swad | swat |

As a noun swad

is a bunch, clump, mass.

As a proper noun swat is

a valley and a district in nwfp administrative province of pakistan.

swad

English

Alternative forms

* swod

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bunch, clump, mass
  • * 1895 — , chapter X
    • "Ye'd oughta see th' swad a' chil'ren I've got, an' all like that."
  • (obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people.
  • (obsolete) A boor, lout.
  • * 1591 — , scene 2
    • Sham’st thou not coistrel, loathsome dunghill swad .
  • * Ben Jonson
    • There was one busy fellow was their leader, / A blunt, squat swad , but lower than yourself.
  • * Greene
    • Country swains, and silly swads .
  • (mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
    • (Raymond)
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete, Northern) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.
  • * Blount
    • Swad , in the north, is a peascod shell — thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow.
    (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * bunch, clump, mass

    References

    * WordNet 3.0 (2006, Princeton University);

    Anagrams

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    swat

    English

    (wikipedia SWAT)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Acronym

    (Acronym) (head)
  • (chiefly, US, law enforcement) Special weapons and tactics. The area of expertise of police officers trained and equipped to neutralize armed or entrenched criminals.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used attributively before such nouns as (team) or (squad). * While the specific meaning of the acronym applies only to the United States, the term is informally used in other countries to describe similar police teams.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US, law enforcement) a SWAT team
    • "This situation is out of control. We need a SWAT team," the policeman said.

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