Elephant vs Fox - What's the difference?
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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
A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes ), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
*15th century ,
*:The fox went out on a chase one night, / he prayed to the Moon to give him light, / for he had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o. / He had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o.
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*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the ).
The fur of a fox.
A fox terrier.
The , so called from its yellow color.
A cunning person.
(lb) A physically attractive man or woman.
*1993 , (Laura Antoniou), (w) , p.90:
*:And Jerry was cute, you know, I liked him, but Frank was a total fox . And he was rougher than Jerry, you know, not so cultured.
*2012 , Adele Parks, Still Thinking of You
*:It wasn't just that Jayne was a fox – although, fuck, was she ever a fox. That arse, those tits, those lips. They could have a really good time together.
(lb) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
(lb) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
(lb) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
*(rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
*:Thou diest on point of fox .
To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
To confuse or baffle (someone).
To act slyly or craftily.
To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.
To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
* (Samuel Pepys)
To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
As nouns the difference between elephant and fox
is that elephant is elephant while fox is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc.As a proper noun fox is
derived from the name of the animal.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 ----fox
English
(wikipedia fox)Noun
(es)Synonyms
* (a mammal related to dogs and wolves) tod * (attractive man or woman) see alsoHyponyms
* vixen (feminine form )Hypernyms
* canidDerived terms
* crazy like a fox * fox grape * Fox Islands * Fox River * fox snake * fox sparrow * fox squirrel * fox terrier * fox trot * foxaline * foxery * foxfire * fox-fire * fox-fur * fox-furred * foxglove * foxhole * fox-hole * foxhound * fox-hunt * foxish * foxless * fox-like * foxling * foxly * fox-mark * foxship * foxtail * foxtailed * foxter * foxtrot/fox-trot * foxy * firefox * kit fox * red fox * silver fox * sly as a foxSee also
* * Reynard * kitsuneReferences
*Verb
(es)- This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.
- The pages of the book show distinct foxing .
- I drank so much wine that I was almost foxed .
