Difference between Paw and Hand

What is the difference between Paw and Hand?

Paw as a noun is father; pa. 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.

Paw

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Father; pa. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws To gently push on something with a paw. To clumsily dig through something.

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: Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.

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

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