Nickname vs. Apple

Nickname vs. Apple — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Nickname and Apple

Nicknamenoun

A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.

Applenoun

A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.

Nicknamenoun

A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

Applenoun

Any of various tree-borne fruits or vegetables especially considered as resembling an apple; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of other specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc.

Nicknameverb

(transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

Applenoun

The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit.

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Nicknamenoun

a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name);

Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him JosephHenry's nickname was Slim

Applenoun

A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.

Nicknamenoun

a descriptive name for a place or thing;

the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'

Applenoun

The wood of the apple tree.

Nicknameverb

give a nickname to

Applenoun

Short for apples and pears, slang for stairs.

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Applenoun

The ball in baseball.

Applenoun

(informal) When smiling, the round, fleshy part of the cheeks between the eyes and the corners of the mouth.

Applenoun

A Native American or red-skinned person who acts and/or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.

Applenoun

(ice hockey slang) An assist.

Applenoun

fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

Applenoun

native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits