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What is the difference between clowder and glaring?

clowder | glaring |

Glaring is a synonym of clowder.

Glaring is a hypernym of clowder.



As nouns the difference between clowder and glaring

is that clowder is a group of cats while glaring is the act of giving a glare.

As an adjective glaring is

reflecting with glare.

As a verb glaring is

present participle of lang=en.

clowder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of cats.
  • * 2007 , Kathryn Soper, Cat Wrangling Made Easy
    • Real cat fights are rare in established clowders . So instead of risking serious injury, cats resort to menace and threats.
  • * 2010 , The Big Bang Theory , episode “ The Zazzy Substitution”
    • Leonard : You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats.
    Sheldon : Clowder .
    Leonard : What?
    Sheldon : A group of cats is a clowder . Or a glaring. It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.
  • * 2011 , M.D. Pueppke, Fuzzy the Cat, The One and Only , “ Getting on terms with the terms”
    • How ?bout organizing a party of clowder' chowder. You know, big servings of chowder for the cat ' clowder .

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Hyponyms

    * kindle (group of kittens)

    See also

    *

    References

    * Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. 12 Oct. 2006. English collective nouns

    glaring

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Reflecting with glare.
  • Blatant, obvious.
    • How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!

    Derived terms

    * glaringly * glaringness

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a glare.
  • * (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick
    • Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!
  • (rare) A group of cats.
  • * 2010 , The Big Bang Theory , episode “ The Zazzy Substitution”
    • Leonard : You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats.
    Sheldon : Clowder.
    Leonard : What?
    Sheldon : A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring . It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.

    Synonyms

    * (group of cats) clowder

    Hyponyms

    * (group of cats) kindle (group of kittens) English collective nouns