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Fur vs Tur - What's the difference?

fur | tur |

As nouns the difference between fur and tur

is that fur is hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick while tur is a species of wild goat, species: Capra caucasica, native to the western Caucasus.

As a verb fur

is to cover with fur.

As a proper noun Fur

is one of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.

fur

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick.
  • Hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
  • * Lady M. W. Montagu
    • wrapped up in my furs
  • A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
  • A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
  • # A thick pile of fabric.
  • # The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
  • # The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
  • # The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
  • (heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
  • A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
  • * 2006 , Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?
    • "You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."
  • (vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
  • (vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.

    • Derived terms

    * fur cap * fur coat * fur farm * furless * furrier * furry * fur seal

    Verb

  • To cover with fur.

    • Derived terms

    * furred ----

    tur

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A species of wild goat, , native to the western Caucasus.
  • * 2007 , Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road , Sceptre 2008, page 90:
    • Then to Hanukkah's mild surprise a voice rose up and, with laconic precision, likened this rumored brother Alp to the secretion on the nether parts of a she-tur .

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