Water vs Scissors - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between water and scissors

is that water is (uncountable) a chemical, found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid, having the formula h₂o, required by all forms of life on earth while scissors is (countable|plural in form|usually|with a plural verb) a tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.

As verbs the difference between water and scissors

is that water is to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants) while scissors is (scissor).

water

English

(commons) ("water on Wikiquote") (wikiversity)

Noun

(uncountable) A chemical, found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid, having the formula H?O, required by all forms of life on Earth.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.}}

# (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this chemical; liquid H?O.

#* 1835 , Sir , Sir (James Clark Ross), Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1 , pp.284-5

Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.

#* 2002 , Arthur T. Hubbard, Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science (ISBN 0824707966), page 4895:

A water' drop placed on the surface of ice can either spread or form a lens depending on the properties of the three phases involved in wetting, i.e., on the properties of the ice, ' water , and gas phases.

#* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-11, volume=407, issue=8835, page=80, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The climate of Tibet: Pole-land , passage=Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.}}

# (countable) A serving of water.

(obsolete) Ancient philosophy.

# (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.

# One of the five basic elements (see ).

(often, in the plural) Any body of water, or a specific part of it.

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A combination of water and other substance(s).

# (sometimes, countable) Mineral water.

# (countable, often, in the plural) Spa water.

# (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.

# Urine.

# Amniotic fluid; used in the plural in the UK and in singular in North America.

(UK)

(North America)

# (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.

(figuratively, in the plural, or, in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.

(colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.

(uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.

The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.

A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "water")

Synonyms

* See also * See also

Antonyms

* ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour * (basic elements) earth, air/wind, fire; wood, metal; void/ether

Hypernyms

* chemical, substance * liquid, fluid * (basic elements) element * (urine) body fluid, bodily fluid, biofluid

Hyponyms

* heavy water; ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour * mineral water; hard water, soft water

Meronyms

* hydrogen, oxygen

Derived terms

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Descendants

Verb

(en verb)

To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

* Milton

tears watering the ground

* Longfellow

Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands.

To provide (animals) with water for drinking.

I need to go water the cattle .

To get or take in water.

The ship put into port to water .

(colloquial) To urinate onto.

Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.

To dilute.

Can you water the whisky, please?

(transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.

To fill with or secrete water.

Chopping onions makes my eyes water .

The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water .

To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.

to water silk

Synonyms

* (urinate) (see the list of synonyms in the entry "urinate") * (dilute) water down

Antonyms

* (dilute) refine

Derived terms

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scissors

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)

(countable, plural in form, usually, with a plural verb) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.

Those scissors are sharp. (indicating singular or plural scissors)

That scissors is sharp. (less commonly to indicate singular scissors)

Scissors are used to cut the flowers.

Use a scissors to cut them if you don't have proper shears.

(countable, rugby) An attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from one side of the ball carrier, behind the ball carrier, and receives a pass from the ball carrier on the other side.

They executed a perfect scissors .

(countable, skating) A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.

(countable, gymnastics) An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.

(countable, wrestling) A scissors hold.

Usage notes

* "A pair of scissors" is preferred to "a scissors" by about a four-to-one margin in the US (COCA). * "The scissors" is preferred to "the scissor" by about a thirty-to-one margin in the US (COCA).

Synonyms

* (tool used for cutting) pair of scissors * (rugby) switch

Derived terms

Verb

(head)

(scissor)

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