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Burrow vs Warren - What's the difference?

burrow | warren |

As nouns the difference between burrow and warren

is that burrow is a tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature while warren is the system of burrows where rabbits live.

As a verb burrow

is to dig a tunnel or hole.

As a proper noun Warren is

{{surname|from=Old French}.

burrow

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
  • 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.
  • (mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
  • A mound.
  • An incorporated town.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dig a tunnel or hole.
  • warren

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The system of burrows where rabbits live.
  • An enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits.
  • (figuratively) A mazelike place of dark alleys etc in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
  • A heart-shaped hoe.
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