different between saws vs yaws

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??z

Noun

saws

1. plural of saw

Verb

saws

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

Anagrams

• Wass

Middle English

Noun

saws

1. Alternative form of sauce

Welsh

Alternative forms

• sos

Etymology

From Middle English sauce, from Old French sauce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sau?s/

Noun

saws m (plural sawsiau, not mutable)

1. sauce
2. sauciness, impudence

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “saws”, 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