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Hind vs Gazelle - What's the difference?

hind | gazelle |

As nouns the difference between hind and gazelle

is that hind is a female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old while gazelle is an antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa) or Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods.

As an adjective hind

is located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).

hind

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

Adjective

  • Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
  • * 1918 , Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
    • When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
    Derived terms
    * hind leg

    Etymology 2

    (Epinephelus) (etyl) (m), from (etyl), from a formation on (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
  • *, III.1.3:
    • Nature binds all creatures to love their young ones; an hen to preserve her brood will run upon a lion, an hind will fight with a bull, a sow with a bear, a silly sheep with a fox.
  • A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus .
    • Synonyms
    * (female deer) doe

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) , in the phrase h?na fæder'' ‘paterfamilias’. The ''-d'' is a later addition (compare ''sound ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
  • *, I.51:
  • *:Attilius Regulus .
  • * 1827 , Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale , page 41:
    • The peaceful tenour of Nina's life was interrupted one morning by the mysterious looks and whisperings of her maids and hinds .
  • * 1931 , Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth :
    • that my brother can sit at leisure in a seat and learn something and I must work like a hind , who am your son as well as he!
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    gazelle

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (archaic)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An antelope of either of the genera Gazella'' (mostly native to Africa) or ''Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods.

    • Derived terms

    * Cuvier's gazelle * Dama gazelle * Dorcas gazelle * goitered gazelle * Grant's gazelle * Indian gazelle * Mongalla gazelle * Mongolian gazelle * mountain gazelle * Przewalski's gazelle * red-fronted gazelle * slender-horned gazelle * Soemmerring's gazelle * Speke's gazelle * Thomson's gazelle * Tibetan gazelle

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Gazella) ----