Burrow vs Terrier - What's the difference?
burrow | terrier |
A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
(mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
A mound.
An incorporated town.
(Webster 1913)
A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats]], rabbits, foxes, and even [[otter, otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).
(legal, historical) A collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc.
(legal) A book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar.
As nouns the difference between burrow and terrier
is that burrow is a tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature while terrier is a dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).As a verb burrow
is to dig a tunnel or hole.burrow
English
Noun
(en noun)- But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels' for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the ' burrows the real rabbits lived in.
