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Ware vs Dish - What's the difference?

ware | dish |

In in the plural terms the difference between ware and dish

is that ware is See wares.dish is tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.

As nouns the difference between ware and dish

is that ware is the state of being aware; heed while dish is a vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

As verbs the difference between ware and dish

is that ware is to beware of something while dish is to put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.

As an adjective ware

is aware.

As a proper noun Ware

is a town in Hertfordshire, England.

ware

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (poetic) aware
  • Usage notes
    Replaced by intensified form aware.
    Derived terms
    * beware

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
  • (Wyclif)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable, usually, in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
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  • (in the plural) See wares .
  • (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
  • damascene ware''', ''tole ' ware
  • (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
  • (Ireland) Crockery
  • Derived terms
    * (Corded Ware culture) * -ware

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) warian

    Verb

    (war)
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) To beware of something.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) wary; cautious
  • * Bible, 2 Tim. iv. 15
  • Of whom be thou ware also.
  • * Latimer
  • He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition.
    Derived terms
    * wary

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) seaweed
  • Derived terms
    * ware goose

    Etymology 5

    Verb

    (war)
  • (nautical) To wear, or veer.
  • References

    (Webster 1913)

    dish

    English

    (wikipedia dish)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
  • * Bible, Judges v. 25
  • She brought forth butter in a lordly dish .
  • The contents of such a vessel.
  • a dish of stew
  • A specific type of prepared food.
  • a vegetable dish
    this dish is filling and easily made
  • * Shakespeare
  • a dish fit for the gods
  • (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
  • It's your turn to wash the dishes .
  • a type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl, as in satellite dish'', ''radar dish
  • (slang) A sexually attractive person.
  • The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
  • the dish of a wheel
  • A hollow place, as in a field.
  • (Ogilvie)
  • (mining) A trough in which ore is measured.
  • (mining) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
  • Synonyms

    * (vessel) plate * (contents) dishful, plate, plateful * (sexually attractive person) babe, fox

    Derived terms

    * chafing dish * covered-dish * deep-dish * dish aerial * dish antenna * dish out * dish pig * dish the dirt * dish towel * dish up * dishcloth * dished * dishy * do the dishes * gratin dish * Petri dish * satellite dish * serving dish * side dish

    See also

    * plate

    Verb

    (es)
  • To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
  • The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch .
  • (informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
  • To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
  • to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes
  • (slang, archaic, transitive) To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

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