Nuts vs. Peanuts — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nuts and Peanuts
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Nuts
Crazy or foolish.
Peanuts
Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. Its original run extended from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward.
Nuts
Extremely enthusiastic
I'm nuts about opera.
Peanuts
A prostrate southern Brazilian plant (Arachis hypogaea) widely cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions, having yellow flowers on stalks that bend over so that the seed pods ripen underground.
Nuts
Used to express contempt, disappointment, or refusal.
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Peanuts
The edible, nutlike, oily seed of this plant, used for food and as a source of oil. Also called regionally goober, goober pea.
Nuts
Plural of nut
Peanuts
A peanut-shaped piece of polystyrene, used in cushioning items during shipment.
Nuts
(poker) An unbeatable hand; the best poker hand available.
If the board is 237QA, all of spades, the nuts is 45 of spades.
If the board is 4444J, the nuts is any hand with an ace.
Peanuts
A small child. Often used as a term of affection.
Nuts
(colloquial) Insane, mad.
After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts.
Peanuts
A person who is regarded as insignificant.
Nuts
Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.
I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts.
The referee made a bad call against the home team and the crowd went nuts.
Peanuts
Peanuts(Informal) A very small amount of money; a trifling sum.
Nuts
(colloquial) Very fond of (on) someone.
He's been nuts on her since the day they met.
Peanuts
Plural of peanut
Nuts
Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.
Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say.
Peanuts
A very small or insufficient amount (especially of a salary).
It's a fun job, but it pays peanuts.
Nuts
Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in no way, or nothing doing; often followed by to.}}
They want me to pay $5 for a banana? Nuts to that!
Peanuts
An insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount;
Her salary is peanuts compared to his
Nuts
Crazy; loony; insane; batty; - used in a predicate position, ususually in phrases such as to go nuts, went nuts, are you nuts?
Nuts
An expression of disapproval, defiance, or displeasure, as in: "Ah, nuts! My knife just broke."
Nuts
Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;
It used to drive my husband balmy
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