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Swob vs Swoe - What's the difference?

swob | swoe |

As nouns the difference between swob and swoe

is that swob is while swoe is a kind of cutting hoe with sharp edges.

As a verb swob

is .

swob

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • Verb

    • (Webster 1913)

    swoe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of cutting hoe with sharp edges.
  • * 1966 , The Rose Annual
    • I approached the new light hoes, swoes and other garden tools with some degree of scepticism, feeling that weight aided the cutting down operation. After two summers I am quite converted, especially as I am two years older.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 26, author=Anne Raver, title=Recognizing Those Who Keep Brooklyn in Bloom, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=(She told me I must buy a swoe , a long-handled weeder sold by Fiskars, that changed her life.) }}