Difference between Deal and Hand

What is the difference between Deal and Hand?

Deal as a noun is a division, a portion, a share. while Hand as a noun is that part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. see manus.

Deal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Made of deal.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A division, a portion, a share. An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by or ). An act of dealing or sharing. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this. A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain. An agreement between parties; an arrangement A situation, occasion, or event. A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object. Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one's portion or share. To administer or give out, as in small portions. To distribute cards to the players in a game. To pitch. To have dealings or business. To take action; to act. To trade professionally (followed by in). To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs. To be concerned with. To handle, to manage, to cope.

Example sentence: Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

Hand

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See manus.That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as,In long measure, two different lengths:A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as,An instance of helping.Handwriting; style of penmanship; as,Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; — usually in the plural.That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; asApplause.Agency in transmission from one person to another; as,The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.Rate; price.Each of the pointers on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; asTo lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conductTo manage; as, I hand my oar. — Matthew PriorTo seize; to lay hands on. — ShakespeareTo pledge by the hand; to handfast.To furl; — said of a sail. — TottenTo cooperate. — Massinger

Example sentence: Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.

We hope you now know whether to use Deal or Hand in your sentence.

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