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Swoe vs Swot - What's the difference?

swoe | swot |

As a noun swoe

is a kind of cutting hoe with sharp edges.

As an acronym swot is

(business) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats.

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.) }}

    swot

    English

    Verb

    (swott)
  • (intransitive, slang, British) To study with effort or determination.
  • To study something with effort or determination (swot up on).
    • You should swot up on your French before travelling to Paris.

    Derived terms

    * swot up on * swot vac

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, British) one who swots
  • (slang, British) work
  • (slang, British) vigorous study at an educational institution

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