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Elk vs Elm - What's the difference?

elk | elm |

As nouns the difference between elk and elm

is that elk is the largest member of the deer family (Alces alces); a moose while elm is a tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.

elk

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * (Cervus candensis) wapiti * (Alces alces) moose

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    elm

    English

    (wikipedia elm)

    Noun

  • (lb) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
  • *
  • *:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm', with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall ' elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
  • Wood from an elm tree.

    • Derived terms

    * * * Dutch elm disease * * * * * Siberian elm *

    Related terms

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    See also

    * keyaki, kiaki * zelkova

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