Difference between Cob and Filbert

What is the difference between Cob and Filbert?

Cob as a noun is a male swan. while Filbert as a noun is the hazelnut.

Cob

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cut, trim or break into blocks of a convenient size. To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent. (possibly colloquial, N UK) to throw, chuck, lob

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A male swan. The portion of a corn plant around which the kernels grow. a round loaf of bread; a small (4" diameter), round piece of crusty bread (in the English Midlands) short for cobnut short for cobble or cobblestone A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe. Also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé. a horse having a stout body and short legs a gull.

Filbert

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The hazelnut.The hazel tree.A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.

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