Ape vs Singe - What's the difference?
ape | singe |
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.
To burn slightly.
* L'Estrange
To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
In transitive terms the difference between ape and singe
is that ape is to imitate; mimic while singe is to remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.As nouns the difference between ape and singe
is that ape is a primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail while singe is a burning of the surface; a slight burn.As verbs the difference between ape and singe
is that ape is to behave like an ape while singe is to burn slightly.As an 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.
See also
* monkey * troop (collective noun) *Anagrams
* * * * ----singe
English
Verb
(d)- I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
