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Foe vs Galloper - What's the difference?

foe | galloper |

As nouns the difference between foe and galloper

is that foe is an enemy while galloper is one who gallops.

As an adjective foe

is hostile.

As an initialism FoE

is friends of the Earth.

foe

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) fo 'foe; hostile', from earlier ifo 'foe', from (etyl) 'to hate, be hostile' (compare Middle Irish oech 'enemy, fiend', Latin piget 'he is annoying', Lithuanian piktas ‘evil’, Albanian pis ‘dirty, scoundrel’).

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Hostile.
  • *, vol.1, ch.23:
    • he, I say, could passe into Affrike onely with two simple ships or small barkes, to commit himselfe in a strange and foe countrie, to engage his person, under the power of a barbarous King.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An enemy.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foe s’ glee.}}
    Synonyms
    * (enemy) adversary, enemy, opponent
    Antonyms
    * (enemy) ally, friend

    Etymology 2

    An acronym of "fifty-one ergs", coined by Gerald Brown of Stony Brook University in his work with Hans Bethe.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of energy equal to 1044 joules.

    • Anagrams

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    galloper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who gallops.
  • * Rudyard Kipling, The Drums of the Fore and Aft
    • The lancers chafing in the right gorge had thrice dispatched their only subaltern as galloper to report on the progress of affairs.
  • A racehorse.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 25, Rod Nicholson, Get ready for Hussler v Cat, Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=The Hussler's trainer, Ross McDonald, is confident Australia's champion galloper will win the clashes, despite Weekend Hussler never having competed over 1000m before. }}
  • A carousel.
  • (military) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
    • (Farrow)