Beak vs Bread - What's the difference?
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Anatomical uses .
# A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming and for eating food.
# A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc.
# The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
# The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
# The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
# (botany) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
Figurative uses .
# Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
# (architecture) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
# (farriery) A toe clip.
# (nautical) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
# (nautical) A beam, shod or at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
Colloquial uses .
# (slang) The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
# (slang, British) A justice of the peace, magistrate, headmaster or other person of authority.
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(uncountable) A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
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(countable) Any variety of bread.
(slang) Money.
Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
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In lang=en terms the difference between beak and bread
is that beak is the human nose, especially one that is large and pointed while bread is money.In transitive terms the difference between beak and bread
is that beak is seize with the beak while bread is to form in meshes; net.beak
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Carew)
- He's up before the beak again tomorrow.
- I clapp'd my peepers full of tears, and so the old beak set me free (I began to weep, and the judge set me free)
Synonyms
* (sense, rigid structure projecting from a bird's face) bill * (human nose) honker, schnozzleDerived terms
* beakish * wet one's beakAnagrams
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(wikipedia bread)Etymology 1
From (etyl) bred, breed, from (etyl) .Noun
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- Give us this day our daily bread .
