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This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the several possibilities available for a particular meaning, and which one of them would be the most appropriate.
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What is the difference between "a spade" and "a shovel"?
With tens of thousands of companies creating thousands of slightly different types of shovels and spades, there was always going to be some overlap with the purpose of the tool and some variations in …
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