APR vs. EAR — What's the Difference?

Abbreviation of April

The ear is the organ that enables hearing and, in mammals, balance. In mammals, the ear is usually described as having three parts—the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear.

The month following March and preceding May

The organ of hearing and balance in humans and other vertebrates, especially the external part of this.

The seed-bearing head or spike of a cereal plant.

The vertebrate organ of hearing, responsible for maintaining equilibrium as well as sensing sound and divided in mammals into the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear.

The part of this organ that is externally visible.

An invertebrate organ analogous to the mammalian ear.

The sense of hearing:a sound that grates on the ear.

Sharpness or refinement of hearing:a singer with a good ear for harmony.

The ability to play a passage of music solely from hearing it:plays the piano by ear.

Responsiveness to the sounds or forms of spoken language:a writer with a good ear for dialogue; has an ear for foreign languages.

Sympathetic or favorable attention:"[The president] wavers between the two positions, depending on who last had his ear"(Joseph C. Harsch).

A flexible tuft of feathers located above the eyes of certain birds, such as owls, that functions in visual communication but not in hearing.Also called ear tuft.

A projecting handle, as on a vase or pitcher.

A small box in the upper corner of the page in a newspaper or periodical that contains a printed notice, such as promotional material or weather information.

Ears(Informal)Headphones.

The seed-bearing spike of a cereal plant, such as corn.

To form or grow ears.

(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.

(countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.

A police informant.

The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.

The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.

That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; a foot-rest or step of a spade or a similar digging tool.

(architecture) An acroterium.

(architecture) A crossette.

(journalism) A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.

(countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.

Outcroppings and ridges from a baguette surface, where the uncooked dough has been scored.

(humorous) To take in with the ears; to hear.

To hold by the ears.

(intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.

(archaic) To plough.

The organ of hearing; the external ear.

The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; - in the singular only.

That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, - usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.

Same as Acroterium.

Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.

The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.

To take in with the ears; to hear.

To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.

To plow or till; to cultivate.

The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

Good hearing;

The externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

Attention to what is said;

Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn