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Bunny vs Terrapin - What's the difference?

bunny | terrapin |

As nouns the difference between bunny and terrapin

is that bunny is a culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches or bunny can be a swelling from a blow; a bump or bunny can be a rabbit, especially a juvenile while terrapin is any of several north american turtles, of the family emydidae, that live in fresh or brackish water.

As an adjective bunny

is (not comparable) in skiing, easy or unchallenging or bunny can be resembling a bun.

bunny

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(bunnies)
  • A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
  • A chine or gully formed by water running over the edge of a cliff; a wooded glen or small ravine opening through the cliff line to the sea.
  • Any small drain or culvert.
  • A brick arch or wooden bridge, covered with earth across a drawn or carriage in a water-meadow, just wide enough to allow a hay-wagon to pass over.
  • A small pool of water.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bony, .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (bunnies)
  • A swelling from a blow; a bump.
  • (mining) A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
  • Etymology 3

    From .

    Noun

    (bunnies)
  • A rabbit, especially a juvenile.
  • A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
  • (sports) In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
  • (South Africa) bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry
  • * 2008 , Steve Pike, Surfing South Africa (page 258)
  • Surfers from Durban grew up on bunnies . You get the curry in the bread with the removed square chunk, used to dunk back in the curry.
    Derived terms
    * angst bunny * badge bunny * bunny girl * bunny rabbit * cuddle bunny * dust bunny * Easter Bunny * gym bunny * snuggle bunny * that's the bunny * bunny wunny * snow bunny

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) In skiing, easy or unchallenging.
  • Let’s start on the bunny hill.
    Synonyms
    * nursery

    Etymology 4

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a bun
  • Synonyms
    * (resembling a bun) bunlike

    terrapin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several North American turtles, of the family Emydidae, that live in fresh or brackish water.