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gore | vore |

As nouns the difference between gore and vore

is that gore is dirt, filth while vore is a shorter form of lang=en.

As a verb gore

is to pierce with the horns.

As a proper noun Gore

is {{surname|lang=en}.

gore

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(-)
  • Dirt, filth.
    • (Bishop Fisher)
  • (senseid)Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
  • Murder, bloodshed, violence.
    • Derived terms
    *

    Etymology 2

    Probably from .

    Verb

    (gor)
  • (of an animal) To pierce with the horns.
    • The bull gored the matador.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
    • (Cowell)
  • A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores : not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
  • A projecting point.
  • (heraldry) One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.

    • Verb

    (gor)
  • To cut in a triangular form.
  • To provide with a gore.
    • to gore an apron

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    vore

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • * 2005 , "Lord Flame Stryke", Re: Curious'' (on newsgroup ''alt.fan.dragons )
  • * 2009 , Zack Parsons, Your Next-Door Neighbor Is A Dragon (page 211)

    • Usage notes

    * Vorarephilia material can be subcategorized into "soft vore" (where the victim is swallowed whole and survives) and "hard vore" (involving killing and digestion).

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