Elephant vs Hare - 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
Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus , similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
To move swiftly.
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(obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
As a noun elephant
is elephant.As a verb hare is
.elephant
English
Noun
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- (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 ----hare
English
(wikipedia hare)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* arctic hare * Belgian hare * brown hare * European hare * hare and hounds * harebell * harebrained * hare lip * hold with the hare and run with the hounds * March hare * mountain hare * Patagonian hare * sea hare * snowshoe hare * springhareVerb
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Synonyms
* * *Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), , (m).Alternative forms
*Verb
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