Conker vs. Chestnut

Conker vs. Chestnut — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Conker and Chestnut

Conkernoun

(British) A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers.

Chestnutnoun

A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.

Conkernoun

the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut

Chestnutnoun

The nut of this tree or shrub.

Chestnutnoun

(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.

Chestnutnoun

A reddish-brown horse.

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Chestnutnoun

(uncountable) The wood of a chestnut tree.

Chestnutnoun

(idiomatic) (Often "old chestnut") An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective.

Chestnutnoun

A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.

Chestnutnoun

(UK) horse-chestnut

Chestnutadjective

Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

Chestnutnoun

wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea

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Chestnutnoun

any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur

Chestnutnoun

edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea

Chestnutnoun

a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg

Chestnutnoun

a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse

Chestnutadjective

used of hair; of a golden brown to reddish brown color;

a chestnut horsechestnut hair