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Camel vs Gnu - What's the difference?

camel | gnu |

As nouns the difference between camel and gnu

is that camel is a beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus while gnu is a large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa having curved horns.

As an acronym GNU is

name of the Free Software Foundation's project to develop a free UNIX-like operating system, including the legal framework, such as the source code and documentation licenses.

camel

English

(wikipedia camel)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus .
  • A light brownish color, tan.
  • Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of a another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.

    • Synonyms

    * (mammal) oont (India)

    Coordinate terms

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    Related terms

    * Bactrian camel * camelback * cameleer * camelopard * camel toe * ship of the desert

    See also

    * alpaca * arabian * bray * dromedary * guanaco * hump * llama *

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    gnu

    English

    (GNU)

    Acronym

    (Acronym) (head)
  • Name of the project to develop a free UNIX-like operating system, including the legal framework, such as the source code and documentation licenses.

    • Related terms

    * GNU FDL * GPL

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