The difference between Foil and Spoor
When used as nouns, foil means a very thin sheet of metal, whereas spoor means the track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal.
When used as verbs, foil means to prevent (something) from being accomplished, whereas spoor means to track an animal by following its spoor.
check bellow for the other definitions of Foil and Spoor
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Foil as a noun:
A very thin sheet of metal.
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Foil as a noun (uncountable):
Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
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Foil as a noun:
A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
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Foil as a noun (authorship, figuratively):
In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.
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Foil as a noun (figuratively):
Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
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Foil as a noun (fencing):
A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
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Foil as a noun:
A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
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Foil as a noun (heraldiccharge):
A stylized flower or leaf.
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Foil as a noun:
A hydrofoil.
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Foil as a noun:
An aerofoil/airfoil.
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Foil as a verb:
To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
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Foil as a verb:
To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
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Foil as a verb:
To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
Examples:
"to foil the scent in hunting"
"rfquotek Addison"
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Foil as a verb (obsolete):
To tread underfoot; to trample.
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Foil as a noun:
Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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Foil as a noun:
One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
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Foil as a noun (hunting):
The track of an animal.
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Foil as a verb (mathematics):
To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
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Foil as a verb (obsolete):
To defile; to soil.
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Spoor as a noun:
The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal
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Spoor as a verb (transitive):
To track an animal by following its spoor