Difference between Beaver and Castor

What is the difference between Beaver and Castor?

Beaver as a noun is an aquatic mammal of the genus castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet. while Castor as a noun is a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.

Beaver

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An aquatic mammal of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet. The pubic hair and/or vulva of a woman. The lower face-guard of a helmet. A bever.

Example sentence: I used to swim with these beavers in a beaver pond when I was 10. I went back when I was 11 and found there were no more beavers. I found that trappers had taken them all, so I became quite angry, and that winter I began to walk the trap lines and free animals from the traps and destroy the traps.

Castor

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.A hat made from the fur of the beaver.A caster; a container with perforated cap for sprinkling (e.g. pepper-castor).

We hope you now know whether to use Beaver or Castor in your sentence.

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