Feral vs Ferocity - What's the difference?
feral | ferocity |
Wild, untamed, especially of domesticated animals having returned to the wild.
(of a person) Contemptible, unruly, misbehaved.
A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.
* 1960 May 19, , Notes and Comments: No homes for the pigeons ,
* 2005 , Alexandra Powe Allred, Cats' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Mysterious Mousers, Talented Tabbies, and Feline Oddities ,
* 2007 , Clea Simon, Cries and Whiskers ,
* 2011 , Gina Spadafori, Paul D. Pion, Cats for Dummies ,
(Australia, colloquial) A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.
(Australia, colloquial) A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle.
* 1995 , Bill Metcalf, From Utopian Dreaming to Communal Reality: Cooperative Lifestyles in Australia ,
* 2002 , , Something Fishy , 2003,
* 2010 , Anna Krien, Into The Woods: The Battle For Tasmania's Forests ,
The condition of being ferocious.
As an adjective feral
is feral; wild.As a noun ferocity is
the condition of being ferocious.feral
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* feral child * feral catHyponyms
* feral child * feral cat * razorbackNoun
(en noun)page 1261,
- Although it is not difficult to induce domestic pigeons to nest in boxes fixed to trees, London?s ferals are not yet acclimatized to arboreal holes.
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- Traffic, abuse, inhumane traps, and accidental poisoning are other hazards ferals' must face.In England one gamekeeper claimed to have killed over three hundred ' ferals , while another brought home pelts to his wife so that she could design rugs from cat skins as a source of secondary income.
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- You trap ferals , neuter them, and give them their rabies shot. Maybe distemper.
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- If you?ve ever put a saucer of milk out for a hard-luck kitty, or if you?re spending your lunch hour sharing sandwiches with the ferals near your office, this is the chapter for you.
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- The intolerance which was directed towards us during the early years has now shifted to ‘the ferals'’ who embrace a new version of nonconformist behaviour that even some of us in their parent?s generation — the Aquarian settlers — don?t like. The ' ferals are the scapegoats for the drug problems here, and are highly visible since many of them have nowhere to live.
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- A pod of ferals was moving towards the exit, a half-dozen soap-shy, low-tech, bush-dwelling hippies.
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- It?s the rootlessness of the ferals that people don?t seem to trust; their claims of connectedness to all wild places touches a nerve. Even residents of Maydena who want to see the Florentine protected dislike the ratbags? itinerancy.