What is the difference between clowder and kindle?
clowder | kindle | Hyponyms |
A group of cats.
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English collective nouns
To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
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(obsolete) To bring forth young; to give birth.
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Kindle is a hyponym of clowder.
Clowder is a hypernym of kindle.
As nouns the difference between clowder and kindle
is that clowder is a group of cats while kindle is (obsolete) a group of kittens.As a verb kindle is
to start (a fire) or light (a torch).clowder
English
Noun
(en noun)- Real cat fights are rare in established clowders . So instead of risking serious injury, cats resort to menace and threats.
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.
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.kindle
English
Hypernyms
* clowder, glaringVerb
(kindl)- And then it was that I first perceived the danger in which I stood; for there was no hope of kindling a light, and I doubted now whether even in the light I could ever have done much to dislodge the great slab of slate.
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- The poor beast had but lately kindled .