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Callow vs Unacquainted - What's the difference?

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Callow is a related term of unacquainted.


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between callow and unacquainted

is that callow is (obsolete) bald while unacquainted is (obsolete) not usual; unfamiliar; strange.

As adjectives the difference between callow and unacquainted

is that callow is (obsolete) bald while unacquainted is not acquainted.

As a noun callow

is a callow young bird.

callow

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (obsolete) Bald.
  • Unfledged (of a young bird).
  • * Dryden
    • And in the leafy summit spy'd a nest, / Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed.
  • Immature, lacking in life experience.
    • Those three young men are particularly callow youths.
  • Lacking color or firmness (of some kinds of insects or other arthropods, such as spiders, just after ecdysis). Teneral.
  • Shallow or weak-willed.
  • Unburnt (of a brick)

    • Noun

  • A callow young bird.
  • A callow or teneral phase of an insect or other arthropod, typically shortly after ecdysis, while the skin still is hardening, the colours have not yet become stable, and as a rule, before the animal is able to move effectively.

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    unacquainted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not acquainted.
  • (obsolete) Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.

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