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Gnu vs Buffalo - What's the difference?

gnu | buffalo |

As nouns the difference between gnu and buffalo

is that gnu is a large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa having curved horns while buffalo is any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, species: Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo species: Buabalus bubalis.

As an acronym GNU

is name of the Free Software Foundation's project to develop a free UNIX-like operating system, including the legal framework, such as the source code and documentation licenses.

As a verb buffalo is

to hunt buffalo.

As a proper noun Buffalo is

a city in New York State, very near Niagara Falls.

gnu

English

(GNU)

Acronym

(Acronym) (head)
  • Name of the project to develop a free UNIX-like operating system, including the legal framework, such as the source code and documentation licenses.

    • Related terms

    * GNU FDL * GPL

    References

    Anagrams

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    buffalo

    English

    Noun

  • Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, .
  • A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison .
  • A buffalo robe.
  • The buffalo fish.

    • Related terms

    * buffalo berry * buffalo bird * buffalo bug * buffalo clover * buffalo fly * buffalo gnat * water buffalo

    See also

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    Verb

  • To hunt buffalo.
  • (US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
  • (archaic) To pistol-whip.

    • See also

    * on Wikipedia English nouns with irregular plurals