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Gopher vs Vole - What's the difference?

gopher | vole |

As a noun gopher

is (internet) an internet protocol for document search and retrieval.

As a verb vole is

to want.

gopher

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps from French gaufre, based on the analogy of holes in the ground to the indentations in a waffle.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small burrowing rodent, especially in the family Geomyidae.
  • The gopher tortoise

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • See also

    * gopher wood * gauffre

    vole

    English

    (wikipedia vole)

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the family Cricetidae.
    • Derived terms
    * volelike * water vole

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deal in a card game that draws all the tricks.
    • (Jonathan Swift)

    Verb

    (vol)
  • (card games) To win all the tricks by a vole.
    • (Alexander Pope)
    (Webster 1913)

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