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Ape vs Abe - What's the difference?

ape | abe |

As nouns the difference between ape and abe

is that ape is a primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail while Abe is a five-dollar bill.

As verbs the difference between ape and abe

is that ape is to behave like an ape while abe is be.

As an adjective ape

is wild; crazy.

As a proper noun Abe is

a diminutive of the male given name Abraham.

ape

English

(wikipedia ape)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
  • Any such primate other than a human.
  • (derogatory) An uncivilised person.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * ape-baboon * ape-bearer * apedom * apehood * apelike * apeling * apely * apeman * apeshit * go ape * naked ape

    Verb

    (ap)
  • To behave like an ape.
  • To imitate; mimic.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 454,
    • It is not conceived as a mere “aping ” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.

    Derived terms

    *

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Wild; crazy.
    • We were ape over the new look.
    He went ape when he heard the bad news.

    See also

    * monkey * troop (collective noun) *

    Anagrams

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    abe

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given name Abraham.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, US) A five-dollar bill.
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    • Anagrams

    * * English diminutives of male given names English three-letter words ----