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Donkey vs Burrow - What's the difference?

donkey | burrow |

As nouns the difference between donkey and burrow

is that donkey is a domestic animal, , similar to a horse while burrow is a tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

As a verb burrow is

to dig a tunnel or hole.

donkey

English

(wikipedia donkey)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A domestic animal, , similar to a horse.
  • A stubborn person.
  • A fool.
  • (nautical) A small auxiliary engine, also called donkey engine .
  • (poker slang) A bad poker player.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Hyponyms

    * jack * jackass * jenny

    Related terms

    * donkeycock, donkeydick * donkey engine * donkey jacket * donkey pump * donkey's eye * donkeyshit * donkey vote * donkey work * donkey’s years

    See also

    * ass * mule * hinny

    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.