different between yaws vs yads

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

English

Noun

yads

1. plural of yad

Anagrams

• YASD, dasy-, days, sayd

Cebuano

Etymology

Reverse spelling of day + s, from initial clipping of inday.

Pronunciation

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /?jad?s?/, /?jad?/
• Rhymes: -ad?, -ad?s?
• Hyphenation: yads

Noun

yads

1. (colloquial) a familiar term of address (see usage notes)

Usage notes

• Strictly between gay friends or between a gay guy and his female friends. May be offensive towards masculine gay men. May be offensive coming from a straight guy.