The difference between Caltrop and Chestnut

When used as nouns, caltrop means a small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles, whereas chestnut means a tree or shrub of the genus castanea.

Chestnut is also adjective with the meaning: of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

check bellow for the other definitions of Caltrop and Chestnut

  1. Caltrop as a noun (weaponry):

    A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles.

  2. Caltrop as a noun (heraldry):

    The same object represented as a heraldic charge.

  3. Caltrop as a noun (colloquial):

    The starthistle, , a plant with sharp thorns.

  4. Caltrop as a noun:

    Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.

  1. Chestnut as a noun:

    A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.

  2. Chestnut as a noun:

    The nut of this tree or shrub.

  3. Chestnut as a noun (uncountable):

    A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.

    Examples:

    "color pane551608"

  4. Chestnut as a noun:

    A reddish-brown horse.

  5. Chestnut as a noun (uncountable):

    The wood of a chestnut tree.

  6. Chestnut as a noun (idiomatic):

    (Often "old chestnut") An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective.

  7. Chestnut as a noun:

    A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.

  8. Chestnut as a noun (UK):

    horse-chestnut

  1. Chestnut as an adjective:

    Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

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