Gar vs Paddlefish - What's the difference?
gar | paddlefish |
* 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book XX:
* 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , Night 15:
Any of several primitive fish, of the family (l), that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.
As nouns the difference between gar and paddlefish
is that gar is gaur (species of wild cattle) while paddlefish is any of several primitive fish, of the family (l), that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.gar
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) gar, gare, gere, gore, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Etymology 2
Etymology 3
From (etyl) garren, gerren, from (etyl) gera, gerva'' (Swedish ''''), from (etyl) . Compare ''yare .Verb
- I shall firste begyn at Sandwyche, and there I shall go in my shearte, barefoote, and at every ten myles ende I shall founde and gar make an house of religious, of what order that ye woll assygne me [...].
- Time gars me tremble. Ah, how sore the baulk! / While Time in pride of strength cloth ever stalk [...].