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Dog vs Lurcher - What's the difference?

dog | lurcher |

As nouns the difference between dog and lurcher

is that dog is a mammal, canis lupus familiaris , that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding while lurcher is (obsolete) one who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher or lurcher can be (obsolete) a glutton; a gormandizer.

As a verb dog

is to pursue with the intent to catch.

dog

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    lurcher

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    (wikipedia lurcher)

    Etymology 1

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.
  • A type of crossbreed dog ? a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses.
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    • , passage=“Since we are both obsessed with our dogs” — Ms. Muir has a whippet; Ms. Osborne, a lurcher — “we thought we’d try pets,” she said. }}

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) (lurco), (lurcho), a glutton. See (lurch).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A glutton; a gormandizer.
    • (Webster 1913)