Elephant vs Amuse - What's the difference?
elephant | amuse |
A mammal of the order Proboscidea , having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
(figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.
(paper, printing) A printing-paper size measuring 30 inches x 22 inches.
(British, childish) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second.
(obsolete) ivory
To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.
* Gilpin
To cause laughter, to be funny.
(archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
* Johnson
(archaic) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
* Holland
* Fuller
As a noun elephant
is elephant.As a verb amuse is
.elephant
English
Noun
(en noun)- Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant''', two '''elephant''', three '''elephant ...
- (Dryden)
Synonyms
* (animal) Elephas maximus'', ''Loxodonta africana * (counting term) seeHyponyms
* (animal) African bush elephant, African forest elephant, Indian elephant, African elephantDerived terms
* African bush elephant * African elephant * African forest elephant * Asian elephant * Asiatic elephant * Borneo elephant, Borneo pygmy elephant * double elephant, double elephant paper * dwarf elephant * elephant apple * elephant bed * elephant beetle * elephant bird, elephantbird * elephant chess * elephant-color, elephant-colour * elephant cord * elephant creeper * elephant ear, elephant ears * elephant fish * elephant flipping * elephant folio * Elephant Gambit * elephant garlic * elephant grass * elephant-gravel * elephant-gray, elephant-grey * elephant gun * * elephant hawk moth * elephanticide * elephantide * elephant in Cairo * elephant in the corner, elephant in the kitchen, elephant in the living room, elephant in the room * (Elephant Island) * elephantitis * elephant joke * elephant juice * elephant leg * (Elephant Man) * elephant man's disease * elephant man's syndrome * elephant on the dinner table * elephant paper * elephant-path * elephant pearl * elephant polo * elephant-rain * elephantry * elephant's breath * elephant seal * elephant's ear, elephant's ears * elephant's foot * elephant's foot umbrella stand * elephant's-grass * elephants' graveyard * elephantship * elephant shrew * elephant's teeth * elephant's trunk, elephant trunk * Elephant's Trunk Nebula * elephant's trunk plant * elephant's trunk snake * elephant's tusk * elephant's-tusks * elephant's-vine * elephant test * elephant trank * elephant tranquilizer, elephant tranquilliser, elephant tranquillizer * Elephant Trap * elephant tree * elephant-trumpet * elephant-trunk fish * Elephant Trunk nebula * elephant-tusk * elephant yam * * forest elephant * get a look at the elephant * imperial elephant * Indian elephant * Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant * Order of the Elephant * pad elephant * pink elephant * pink elephants * pseudelephant * pygmy elephant * retail elephant * rogue elephant * savanna elephant, savannah elephant * sea elephant * see the elephant * show the elephant * Sri Lankan elephant * straight-tusked elephant * Sumatran elephant * temple elephant * war elephant * water elephant * white elephantExternal links
* (wikipedia) * 1000 English basic words ----amuse
English
Verb
- I watch these movies because they amuse me.
- It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven't got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.
- A group of children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake.
- He amused his followers with idle promises.
- Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold.
- Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house.