Saw vs. Saying — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Saw and Saying
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Saw
A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, wire, or chain with a hard toothed edge. It is used to cut through material, very often wood though sometimes metal or stone.
Saying
A saying is any concisely written or spoken expression that is especially memorable because of its meaning or style. Sayings are categorized as follows: Aphorism: a general, observational truth; "a pithy expression of wisdom or truth".Adage, proverb, or saw: a widely known or popular aphorism that has gained credibility by long use or tradition.
Saw
Any of various tools, either hand-operated or power-driven, having a thin metal blade or disk with a sharp, usually toothed edge, used for cutting wood, metal, or other hard materials.
Saying
A short, pithy, commonly known expression which generally offers advice or wisdom.
Saw
A familiar saying, especially one that has become trite through repetition.
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Saying
Something, such as an adage or maxim, that is said.
Saw
To cut or divide with a saw.
Saying
Present participle of say
Saw
To produce or shape with a saw
Sawed a hole in the board.
Saying
A proverb or maxim.
Saw
To make back-and-forth motions through or on
A speaker who saws the air with his arms.
Saying
(obsolete) That which is said; an utterance.
Saw
To use a saw
Sawing along the chalk line.
Saying
That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.
Many are the sayings of the wise,In ancient and in modern books enrolled.
Saw
To undergo cutting with a saw
Pine wood saws easily.
Saying
A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations;
Pardon the expression
Saw
Past tense of see1.
Saw
A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
Saw
Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth.
Saw
A musical saw.
Saw
A sawtooth wave.
Saw
(obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
Saw
(archaic) A saying or proverb.
Old saw
Saw
(obsolete) Opinion, idea, belief.
Saw
(obsolete) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
Saw
(obsolete) Dictate; command; decree.
Saw
(transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.
Saw
(intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
Saw
(intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
The timber saws smoothly.
Saw
(transitive) To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
To saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
To saw shingles
To saw out a panel
Saw
Something said; speech; discourse.
Saw
A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
His champions are the prophets and apostles,His weapons holy saws of sacred writ.
Saw
Dictate; command; decree.
[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw.
Saw
An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.
Saw
To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
Saw
To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
Saw
Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
Saw
To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
Saw
To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
Saw
To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
Saw
A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
Saw
Hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
Saw
A power tool for cutting wood
Saw
Cut with a saw;
Saw wood for the fireplace
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