Eye vs. Potato

Eye vs. Potato — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Eye and Potato

Eyenoun

An organ through which animals see (perceive surroundings via light).

Bright lights really hurt my eyes.

Potatonoun

A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe

Eyenoun

The visual sense.

The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.

Potatonoun

A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking

Eyenoun

The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.

Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.

Potatonoun

(humorous) A camera that takes poor-quality pictures.

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Eyenoun

Attention, notice.

That dress caught her eye.

Potatonoun

A mentally handicapped person.

Eyenoun

The ability to notice what others might miss.

He has an eye for talent.

Potatonoun

an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

Eyenoun

A meaningful stare or look.

She was giving him the eye at the bar.When the car cut her off, she gave him the eye.

Potatonoun

annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous

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Eyenoun

A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.

Eyenoun

A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.

Eyenoun

The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted.

Eyenoun

A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.

Eyenoun

The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other such storm.

Eyenoun

A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.

Eyenoun

The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.

Eyenoun

A reproductive bud in a potato.

Eyenoun

(informal) The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower.

Eyenoun

A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc. — e.g. at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; through a crank; at the end of a rope; or through a millstone.

Eyenoun

That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.

Eyenoun

Tinge; shade of colour.

Eyenoun

One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.

Eyenoun

(architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.

Eyenoun

(typography) The enclosed counter (negative space) of the small letter e.

Eyenoun

(game of go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.

Eyenoun

View or opinion.

This victory will make us great in the eyes of the world.

Eyenoun

A brood.

an eye of pheasants

Eyeverb

(transitive) To observe carefully or appraisingly.

After eyeing the document for half an hour, she decided not to sign it.They went out and eyed the new car one last time before deciding.

Eyeverb

To appear; to look.

Eyenoun

the organ of sight

Eyenoun

good discernment (either with the eyes or as if with the eyes);

she has an eye for fresh talenthe has an artist's eye

Eyenoun

attention to what is seen;

he tried to catch her eye

Eyenoun

an area that is approximately central within some larger region;

it is in the center of townthey ran forward into the heart of the strugglethey were in the eye of the storm

Eyenoun

a small hole or loop (as in a needle);

the thread wouldn't go through the eye

Eyeverb

look at