different between teeth vs toothpick

English

Etymology

From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English t?þ, nominative plural of t?þ, from earlier *tœ?þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dóntes, nominative plural of *h?dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti??/
• Rhymes: -i??

Noun

teeth

1. plural of tooth

Noun

teeth pl (plural only)

1. (informal) The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

Synonyms

• (plural of "tooth"): chompers, pearly whites, Hampstead Heath
• (ability to be enforced): enforceability

Derived terms

Verb

teeth (third-person singular simple present teeths, present participle teething, simple past and past participle teethed)

1. Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”).
   • 1943, Herman Niels Bundesen, Our Babies (page 81)

     Thus, a mother should not think that there is something wrong just because her baby teeths, crawls, walks, or talks earlier or later than her neighbor's baby.

See also

• toothless

English

Etymology

From tooth +? pick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu??.p?k/

Noun

toothpick (plural toothpicks)

1. A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.

Synonyms

• dentiscalp, picktooth (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

toothpick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

toothpick (third-person singular simple present toothpicks, present participle toothpicking, simple past and past participle toothpicked)

1. (transitive) To spear (food) on a toothpick.
2. (transitive) To transfer (a sample of bacteria, etc.) by means of a toothpick.

Anagrams

• picktooth