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Needles vs Syringe - What's the difference?

needles | syringe |

As nouns the difference between needles and syringe

is that needles is plural of lang=en while syringe is a device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.

As verbs the difference between needles and syringe

is that needles is third-person singular of needle while syringe is to clean or inject fluid by means of a syringe.

As an adjective needles

is obsolete spelling of lang=en.

needles

English

Etymology 1

Noun

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (needle)

    • Etymology 2

    See needless.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • * 1588? , , “A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons & Their Doctrine Touching the Hearing & Preaching of the Word of God” in Cartwrightiana , ed. Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson (1951, published for the Sir Halley Stewart Trust by Allen and Unwin), page 228
    • If anie do dislike the superstitious & needles cærimonies in ordination & yet also acknowledg that the Byshops may call, authorise, trie, confirme, & warrant by testimonie the sufficiencie of ministers / what greuous synne is it.

    Anagrams

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    syringe

    English

    (wikipedia syringe)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
  • A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

    • Usage notes

    * Syringe mostly refers specifically to medical devices for injecting drugs into a human body or drawing blood from one (or other human fluids), but the broader definition sees occasional use, particularly in specialized fields.

    See also

    * inject * intravenous * needle * shoot up

    Verb

    (syring)
  • To clean or inject fluid by means of a syringe.
    • Have your ears syringed , they're so dirty!

    External links

    * (commonslite)