different between eggplant vs bringer

English

Alternative forms

• egg-plant

Etymology

egg +? plant, originally applied only to the white-colored and egg-shaped variety.

Pronunciation

Noun

eggplant (countable and uncountable, plural eggplants)

1. (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The plant Solanum melongena.
2. (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.
3. (Canada, US) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.

4. (US, slang, derogatory, offensive) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).
5. (snowboarding) A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall

Synonyms

• (the plant or its fruit): aubergine (UK), brinjal (India), baingan (India), brown jolly (Caribbean, dated)
• (the fruit): melongene (Caribbean)

Derived terms

• Eggplant mosaic virus

Translations

References

• eggplant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

bring +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?????/
• Rhymes: -???(?)

Noun

bringer (plural bringers)

1. A person who, or a thing which, brings something.
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act I, Scene 1,^[1]

     Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news

     Hath but a losing office.

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 2 Kings 10:5,^[2]

     And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

Translations

Danish

Noun

bringer c

1. indefinite plural of bringe

Verb

bringer

1. present of bringe

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bringer

1. present of bringe