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Vine vs Cane - What's the difference?

vine | cane |

As nouns the difference between vine and cane

is that vine is the climbing plant that produces grapes while cane is to do with a plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane.

As a verb cane is

to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.

As a proper noun CanE is

abbreviation of Canadian English|lang=en.

vine

English

Noun

(wikipedia vine) (en noun)
  • the climbing plant that produces grapes
  • any plant of the genus Vitis
  • (US) by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Synonyms

    * (climbing plant that produces grapes) grapevine * (any climbing or trailing plant) climber (UK) * (covered with vines) ivied

    Derived terms

    * Alleghany vine, Allegheny vine * American vine * arbor vine * balloon vine * Barbados-gooseberry vine * bean vine * bittervine * black-eyed Susan vine * black vine * black vine weevil * buckwheat vine * Burdekin vine * calabar-bean vine * canary vine * canarybird vine * cantaloupe vine * caustic vine * chalice vine * Chilean potato vine * China fleece vine * Chinese matrimony vine * Chinese trumpet vine * cinnamon vine * climbing vine * clockvine * common grape vine * common matrimony vine * condor vine * coral vine * corkscrew vine * cow itch vine * cross vine, cross-vine * cubeb vine * cucumber vine * cup-and-saucer vine * cypress vine * deer vine * die on the vine * dwell under one's vine and fig-tree * Easter lily vine * elephant's-vine * goa bean vine * gourd vine * granadilla vine * grapevine * groundnut vine * guinea gold vine * Harvey's vine * hemp-vine, hempvine * hop vine, hop-vine, hopvine * Hottentot bread vine * hungry vine * india-rubber vine * Isle of Wight vine * jade vine * kangaroo vine * kiwi vine * kudzu vine * lace-flower vine * lawyer vine * lemon vine * link vine * love vine * Madeira vine * matrimony vine, matrimony-vine * melon vine * Mexican ivy vine * Mexican vine * mignonette vine * milk vine * negro vine * old vines * oriental staff vine * partridge-vine * passionflower vine * peanut vine * pea vine * pepper vine, pepper-vine * pipe vine, pipevine * poison vine * potato vine * prairie gourd vine * pumpkin vine * puncture vine * quarter-vine * railroad vine * rattan vine * red-bead vine * rubber vine * redvine * Russian vine * sand vine * scrub vine * seven-year vine * silk vine * silver lace vine, silver-lace vine * silver vine, silvervine * snail vine * snake vine * soapberry vine * sorrel vine * squash vine * squash vine borer * squaw vine * staff vine * strainer vine * strawberry vine * summer squash vine * sweet melon vine * sweet potato vine * Tangier peavine * tara vine * tie vine * trumpet vine, trumpet-vine * Uruguay potato vine * vase vine * vine apple * vine-bamboo * vine beetle * vine-bind * vine-black * vine borer * vine-bower * vine branch, vine-branch * vine cactus * vine-clad * vined * vine-disease * vine dragon * vine-dresser, vinedresser * vine-feeder * vine-fly * vine forester * vine fretter, vine-fretter * vine fruit * vine-fungus * vine-gall * vine gall-insect * vine-garden * vine-garth * vine-grower * vine-growing * vine grub, vine-grub * vine hawk moth * vine-hook * vine hopper * vine inchworm * vine-knife * vineland * vine-leaf * vineless * vinelet * vine-leek * vine louse, vine-louse * vine-man * vine maple * vine-master * vine mildew, vine-mildew * vine moth, vine-moth * vine of Sodom * vine-pear * vine-pest * vine-press * vine-prop * vine pull schemes * viner * vine-rake * vine-rod * vinery * vine sawfly, vine-sawfly * vine-scroll * vine-scrub * vine slug * vine snail, vine-snail * vine snake * vine sorrel * vine sphinx * vine spinach * vine-stock * vine-tree * vine-wand * vine-water * vine weevil, vine-weevil * vine-worm * vineyard * vining * Virginia vine, Virginian vine * watermelon vine * water vine, water-vine * wax vine * white potato vine * white vine * wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine * winter melon vine * wire vine * with-vine * wither on the vine * wonga vine * wood vine * yellow passionvine

    See also

    * kudzu

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    cane

    English

    Noun

  • To do with a plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane.
  • # (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.
  • # (uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed.
  • # (uncountable) Sugar cane.
  • #* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
  • , chapter=7, title= The Dust of Conflict , passage=Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane , and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride.}}
  • # (US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
  • The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool.
  • # (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
  • # (uncountable) Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
  • # A lance or dart made of cane.
  • #* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign / The flying skirmish of the darted cane .
  • A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane.
  • # (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.
  • #* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.}}
  • #* , chapter=10
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.}}
  • # (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
  • # (countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path.
  • (uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , chapter=1, title= The China Governess , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […]  The bed was the most extravagant piece.  Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}
  • A local European measure of length; the canna.
  • Synonyms

    * (the slender flexible stem of a plant such as bamboo) stem, stalk; (of a tree) trunk * (the plant itself) reed * (sugar cane) molasses cane * switch, rod * (corporal punishment by beating with a cane) the cane, a caning, six of the best, whipping, cuts * (strong short staff used for support during walking) staff, walking stick * (a long rod often collapsible) white cane, blind man's cane

    Derived terms

    * bamboo cane * blind man's cane * cane knife * cane rat * cane sugar * cane toad * caneworking * floricane * primocane * sugar cane * walking cane * white cane

    Verb

    (can)
  • To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
  • (British, New Zealand, slang) To destroy.
  • (British, New Zealand, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
  • (UK, slang, intransitive) To produce extreme pain.
  • Don't hit me with that. It really canes !
    Mate, my legs cane !
  • To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
  • to cane chairs

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