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Gue vs Sue - What's the difference?

gue | sue |

As nouns the difference between gue and sue

is that gue is a kind of fiddle or violin played on the Shetland Islands while Sue is a Mary Sue (type of character in fiction).

As a verb sue is

to follow.

As a proper noun Sue is

a diminutive of Susan and of related female given names; popular as a middle name.

gue

English

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain, perhaps representing Old Norse .

Alternative forms

* gju * gu

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Shetland) A kind of fiddle or violin played on the Shetland Islands.
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A sharper; a rogue.
  • (Webster 1913) ----

    sue

    English

    Verb

  • To follow.
  • * , Bk.XIII, Ch.iv:
  • And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queen) , III.iv:
  • though oft looking backward, well she vewd, / Her selfe freed from that foster insolent, / And that it was a knight, which now her sewd , / Yet she no lesse the knight feard, then that villein rude.
  • (label) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
  • (label) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
  • To clean (the beak, etc.).
  • To leave high and dry on shore.
  • To court.
  • Derived terms

    * sue for peace

    Anagrams

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