Elk vs Elf - What's the difference?
elk | elf |
(British) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces ); a moose.
(North America) The common wapiti (Cervus canadensis ); the second largest member of the deer family, smaller only than a moose. Elk never have flat antlers; moose do.
(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
* Shakespeare
Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. Usually skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.
(fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse (through Tolkien's Eldar)
A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
As nouns the difference between elk and elf
is that elk is the largest member of the deer family (Alces alces); a moose while elf is a luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.As an initialism ELF is
initialism of w:Earth Liberation Front|Earth Liberation Front|lang=en a radical environmentalism group.elk
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* (Cervus candensis) wapiti * (Alces alces) mooseAnagrams
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(elves) (wikipedia elf)- Every elf , and fairy sprite, / Hop as light as bird from brier.