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Ape vs Langur - What's the difference?

ape | langur |

As nouns the difference between ape and langur

is that ape is a primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail while langur is any of the Old World monkeys of the subfamily Colobinae, in the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis, (surilis), and Semnopithecus, (gray langurs).

As a verb ape

is to behave like an ape.

As an adjective ape

is wild; crazy.

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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    langur

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the Old World monkeys of the subfamily Colobinae, in the genera Simias'', ''Trachypithecus'' (lutungs), ''Presbytis'', (surilis), and ''Semnopithecus , (gray langurs).
  • A gibbon of the genus Hoolock .

    • See also

    * (Colobinae) * (Colobinae) * (Colobinae) ----