Yam vs Jordan - What's the difference?
yam | jordan |
(botany) Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated
The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
(US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas .
(Scotland) Potato.
A country in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
A river of the Middle East, mentioned in the Bible, that empties into the Dead Sea, and after which the country is named.
; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by Crusaders.
* 1989 (Jeanette Winterson), Sexing the Cherry , Grove Press 1998, ISBN 0802135781, pages 3-4:
derived from the male given name.
used since mid-20th century.
As nouns the difference between yam and jordan
is that yam is water while jordan is (obsolete) a pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists.yam
English
(wikipedia yam)Etymology 1
From (etyl) inhame and (etyl) . The term was coined in .Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
Careful use distinguishes yams (genus Dioscorea'') from sweet potatoes (''Ipomoea batatas ), while casual American use conflates these.Derived terms
* Chinese yam * purple yam * wild yam * yamlessEtymology 2
Anagrams
* ----jordan
English
(wikipedia Jordan)Proper noun
(s)- I call him Jordan and it will do. He has no other name before or after. What was there to call him, fished as he was from the stinking Thames? A child can't be called Thames, no and not Nile either, for all his likeness to Moses. But I wanted to given him a river name, a name not bound to anything, just as the waters aren't bound to anything.