Ferret vs Martin - What's the difference?
ferret | martin |
An often domesticated mammal rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
The (black-footed ferret), .
A diligent searcher.
To hunt game with ferrets.
To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out .
* Shakespeare
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
(dated) A tape of silk, cotton, or ribbon, used to tie documents, clothing, etc. or along the edge of fabric.
* Charles Dickens, Bleak House
Any of various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.
As nouns the difference between ferret and martin
is that ferret is an often domesticated mammal rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals while martin is any of various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.As a verb ferret
is to hunt game with ferrets.As a proper noun Martin is
a given name derived from Latin originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.ferret
English
(wikipedia ferret)Etymology 1
(etyl) furet, ferret, from (etyl) firet, furet, diminutive of (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (domesticated polecat) Mustela putorius furoVerb
(en verb)- Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.
- She ferreted in her bag; then held it up mouth downwards; then fumbled in her lap, all so vigorously that Charles Steele in the Panama hat suspended his paint-brush.
See also
*Etymology 2
(etyl) fiorettoNoun
- red tape and green ferret
