The difference between Ingot and Sow
When used as nouns, ingot means a solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents, whereas sow means a female pig.
When used as verbs, ingot means to form (scraps of metal) into ingots, whereas sow means to scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
check bellow for the other definitions of Ingot and Sow
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Ingot as a noun:
A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.
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Ingot as a verb (transitive):
To form (scraps of metal) into ingots.
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Sow as a noun:
A female pig.
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Sow as a noun:
A female bear.
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Sow as a noun:
A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
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Sow as a noun:
A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
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Sow as a noun (derogatory, slang):
A contemptible, often fat woman.
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Sow as a noun:
A sowbug.
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Sow as a noun (military):
A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
Examples:
"rfquotek Craig"
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Sow as a verb (ambitransitive):
To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
Examples:
"When I had sown the field, the day's work was over."
"As you sow, so shall you reap."
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Sow as a verb (figurative):
To spread abroad; to propagate.
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Sow as a verb (figurative):
To scatter over; to besprinkle.