Main Difference
The main difference between Dew and Yew is that the Dew is a water in the form of droplets that appears on thin, exposed objects in the morning or evening and Yew is a common name given to various species of trees
Dew vs. Yew
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Dew
Dew is water in the form of droplets that appears on thin, exposed objects in the morning or evening due to condensation.
As the exposed surface cools by radiating its heat, atmospheric moisture condenses at a rate greater than that at which it can evaporate, resulting in the formation of water droplets.When temperatures are low enough, dew takes the form of ice; this form is called frost.
Because dew is related to the temperature of surfaces, in late summer it forms most easily on surfaces that are not warmed by conducted heat from deep ground, such as grass, leaves, railings, car roofs, and bridges.
Dew should not be confused with guttation, which is the process by which plants release excess water from the tips of their leaves.
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Yew
Yew is a common name given to various species of trees.
The name is most prominently given to any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus:
European yew or common yew (Taxus baccata)
Pacific yew or western yew (Taxus brevifolia)
Canadian yew (Taxus canadensis)
Chinese yew (Taxus chinensis)
Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
Florida yew (Taxus floridana)
Mexican yew (Taxus globosa)
Sumatran yew (Taxus sumatrana)
Himalayan yew (Taxus wallichiana)
†Taxus masonii (Eocene fossil yew)The name also is used for any of various coniferous plants in the families Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae:
White-berry yew (Pseudotaxus chienii)
New Caledonian yew or southern yew (Austrotaxus spicata)
Catkin-yew (Amentotaxus sp.)
Plum-yew (Cephalotaxus sp.)Various coniferous plants in the family Podocarpaceae, which are superficially similar to other yews, are also known by this name:
Prince Albert's yew (Saxegothaea conspicua)
Plum-yew (Prumnopitys sp.)
Wikipedia
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Dew (noun)
Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
Dew (noun)
Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.
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Dew (noun)
An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
"There was a heavy dew this morning."
Dew (noun)
Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
Dew (noun)
An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
Dew (verb)
To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
Yew (noun)
A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
Yew (noun)
Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
Yew (noun)
Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus
Yew (noun)
in family Podocarpaceae
Yew (noun)
The wood of the such trees.
Yew (noun)
A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
Yew (adjective)
Made from the wood of the yew tree.
"yewen"
Wiktionary
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Dew (noun)
Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night.
Dew (noun)
Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
Dew (noun)
An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor.
Dew
To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew.
Dew (adjective)
Same as Due, or Duty.
Yew (verb)
See Yaw.
Yew (noun)
An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.
Yew (noun)
The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.
Yew (noun)
A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
Yew (adjective)
Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.
Webster Dictionary
Dew (noun)
water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air;
"in the morning the grass was wet with dew"
Yew (noun)
wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
Yew (noun)
any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
Princeton's WordNet
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