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Gaur vs Gaud - What's the difference?

gaur | gaud |

As nouns the difference between gaur and gaud

is that gaur is an East Indian species of wild cattle (species: Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition while gaud is a cheap showy trinket.

As a verb gaud is

to bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.

gaur

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An East Indian species of wild cattle (), of large size and an untamable disposition.

    • Synonyms

    * , (Indian bison)

    External links

    * ("gaur" on Wikipedia) * (Bos frontalis gaurus) * (Bos gaurus) *

    Anagrams

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    gaud

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a cheap showy trinket
  • * Shakespeare
    • an idle gaud
  • * 1926 Dalmeny lent me red tabs, Evans his brass hat; so that I had the gauds of my appointment in the ceremony of the Jaffa gate, which for me was the supreme moment of the war. - T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom
  • (obsolete) trick; jest; sport
    • (Chaucer)
  • (obsolete) deceit; fraud; artifice
    • (Chaucer)
    Related terms
    * gaudy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.
    • Nicely gauded cheeks. — Shakespeare.

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sport or keep festival.
  • * Sir T. North
    • gauding with his familiars