different between caws vs cass

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?z/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /k?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??z/
• Rhymes: -??z
• Homophones: cause, cores (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

caws

1. plural of caw

Verb

caws

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caw

Anagrams

• AScW, WACs, WCAs, scaw

Somali

Noun

caws ?

1. grass

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh caws, from Proto-Brythonic *k?s, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin c?seus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kau?s/

Noun

caws m (uncountable)

1. cheese; curds; a cheese

Derived terms

• cawslyd
• cosyn (diminutive)

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “caws”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English cassen, from Old French casser, from Late Latin cass?, from Latin cassus (“empty, hollow”), and perhaps influenced by quass? (“to shake, shatter”).

Verb

cass (third-person singular simple present casses, present participle cassing, simple past and past participle cassed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away.

   •1687 James II/VII of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland Declaration of Indulgence  : "(...)Do therefore, with Advice and Consent aforesaid, Cass, Annul and Discharge all Oaths whatsoever, by which any of Our Subjects are incapacitated or disabled from holding Places, or Offices in Our said Kingdom (...)"

Etymology 2

Noun

cass

1. (computing, dated) Abbreviation of cassette.
   • 1985, Stephen Doyle, GCSE Computer Studies for You (page 214)

     STOCK CONTROL / CASS / DATASOFT / 12.81

   • 1988, PC Mag (volume 7, number 7, page 62)

     Radio Shaft color computer w/printer & cass. drive, several programs, $250.

Anagrams

• ASCs, CSAs, SACs, Sacs, sacs

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?s/

Noun

cass f (genitive singular coshey, plural cassyn)

1. foot, leg

Derived terms

• daa-chassagh, daa-choshagh
• yl-chassagh, yl-choshagh

Mutation