The difference between Banana and Egg
When used as nouns, banana means especially, the sweet, yellow fruit of the cavendish banana cultivar, whereas egg means an approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
Banana is also adjective with the meaning: curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.
Egg is also verb with the meaning: to throw eggs at.
check bellow for the other definitions of Banana and Egg
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Banana as a noun (North America, UK, Ireland):
An elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. Especially, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar.
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Banana as a noun:
The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, usually of the genus Musa but sometimes also including plants from Ensete, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain.
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Banana as a noun (uncountable):
A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.
Examples:
"color paneFFE135"
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Banana as a noun (mildly, pejorative, slang, ethnic slur):
A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the "yellow" outside and "white" inside). Compare or .
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Banana as a noun (nuclear physics):
A banana equivalent dose.
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Banana as a noun (colloquial):
A catamorphism (from the use of banana brackets in the notation).
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Banana as an adjective:
Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.
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Egg as a noun (zoology, countable):
An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
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Egg as a noun (countable, uncountable):
The egg of a domestic fowl (especially a hen) or its contents, used as food.
Examples:
"I also determine the minimal amount of egg required to make good mayonnaise."
"We made a big omelette with three eggs."
"The farmer offered me some fresh eggs, but I told him I was allergic to egg."
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Egg as a noun (biology, countable):
The female primary cell, the ovum.
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Egg as a noun:
Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.
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Egg as a noun:
A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.
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Egg as a noun (slang, mildly, pejorative, potentially offensive):
A Caucasian who behaves as if they were (East) Asian (from being "white" outside and "yellow" inside).
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Egg as a noun (NZ, pejorative):
A foolish or obnoxious person.
Examples:
"Shut up, you egg!"
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Egg as a noun (informal):
A person, fellow.
Examples:
"good egg'"
"bad egg'"
"tough egg'"
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Egg as a noun (LGBT):
A person who has not yet realized they are transgender, has not yet come out, or is in the early stages of transitioning.
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Egg as a verb:
To throw eggs at.
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Egg as a verb:
To dip in or coat with beaten egg (cooking).
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Egg as a verb:
To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.
Examples:
"After I cut the tubing, I found that I had slightly egged it in the vise."
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Egg as a verb (transitive, obsolete, _, except in [[egg on]]):
To encourage, incite.