Dew vs. Yew — What's the Difference?

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.

Yew is a common name given to various species of trees.

Water droplets condensed from the air, usually at night, onto cool surfaces.

Any of several poisonous evergreen coniferous trees or shrubs of the genus Taxus, having scarlet cup-shaped arils and flat needles that are dark green above and yellowish below. Yews contain compounds used in medicine and are often grown as ornamentals.

Something moist, fresh, pure, or renewing

The wood of any of these trees, especially the durable, fine-grained wood of the Eurasian and North African species Taxus baccata, used in cabinetmaking and for archery bows.

Moisture, as in the form of tears or perspiration, that appears in small drops.

(countable) 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.

To wet with or as if with dew.

Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.

(uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.

Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus

(uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.

In family Podocarpaceae

An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.

In family Cephalotaxaceae

(figurative) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.

(uncountable) The wood of the such trees.

(figurative) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.

A bow for archery, made of yew wood.

To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.

Made from the wood of the yew tree.

Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night.

See Yaw.

Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.

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.

An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor.

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.

To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew.

A bow for shooting, made of the yew.

Same as Due, or Duty.

Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.

Water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air;

Wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows

Any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves