different between caws vs yaws

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j??z/
• Homophone: yours (some non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain.

Noun

yaws (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries.
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 16:

     Other threats came from organisms co-evolving with humans, including tapeworms and such spirochaetes as Treponema, the agent of syphilis, and the similar skin infection, yaws.

Synonyms

• parangi

Translations

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

yaws

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

Noun

yaws

1. plural of yaw

Anagrams

• -ways, Sway, sway, ways