Excavate vs Burrow - What's the difference?
excavate | burrow |
To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
To uncover (something) by removing its covering.
(zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
(mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
A mound.
An incorporated town.
(Webster 1913)
As verbs the difference between excavate and burrow
is that excavate is to make a hole in (something); to hollow while burrow is to dig a tunnel or hole.As nouns the difference between excavate and burrow
is that excavate is any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata while burrow is a tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.excavate
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Etymology 1
Known since 1599, from (etyl) .Verb
(en-verb)Etymology 2
Noun
(wikipedia excavate) (en noun)References
* (EtymOnLine) ----burrow
English
Noun
(en noun)- But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels' for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the ' burrows the real rabbits lived in.