What is the difference between ape and shrewdness?
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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.
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,
Wild; crazy.
The quality of being shrewd.
An invented collective name for a group of apes.
As nouns the difference between ape and shrewdness
is that ape is (zoology) a primate of the clade hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail while shrewdness is the quality of being shrewd.As a verb ape
is to behave like an ape.As a adjective ape
is wild; crazy.ape
English
(wikipedia ape)Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ape-baboon * ape-bearer * apedom * apehood * apelike * apeling * apely * apeman * apeshit * go ape * naked apeVerb
(ap)- 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
(-)- We were ape over the new look.
- He went ape when he heard the bad news.