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Toom vs Toon - What's the difference?

toom | toon |

As nouns the difference between toom and toon

is that toom is a piece of waste ground where rubbish is shot while toon is a cartoon, especially an animated television show.

As an adjective toom

is empty.

As a verb toom

is to empty; teem.

As a proper noun Toon is

the City of Newcastle upon Tyne.

toom

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) toom, tom, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (rare, or, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Empty.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is shot.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare, or, dialectal) To empty; teem.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) toom, tome, tom, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Vacant time, leisure.
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    toon

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation of (cartoon).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
  • (informal, video games) A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A southeast Asian and Australian tree () of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye
  • the wood of this tree
  • Synonyms
    * (tree) Australian red cedar * (wood) toonwood

    Etymology 3

    Dialectal variant of (town).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Geordie) A town.
  • See also
    * Toon

    References

    * (List of English words of Sanskrit origin) * (Toon) *

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